texts:
I would like to grant access for google chrome or safari to my microphone and both redirect me to security & privacy section.

There are no plus or minus signs and no apparent way to allow these apps to use my microphone.

I also tried the same with Skype. All of those apps just redirect to this blank preference pane.

How can I add an application here?


texts: How to change the keymap of a Bluetooth keyboard of iPad?

texts: I have a Logitech K480 Bluetooth keyboard. I want to map the caps lock key to ctrl. What should I do?


texts: How to export all emails from a mailbox in Apple Mail

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I'm trying to export all emails from an account I have setup and mapped to Apple mail on my computer. There are 1200 emails. The account is no longer active so i'm trying to export all the emails in the mailbox in apple mail to an .mbox file that I can import somewhere else.

The problem is when I do an export of the mailbox and then import it somewhere, there are only 88 emails when there should be 1200+.

Why is this only exporting some of the emails and how can I make it so it exports all of them?


texts: Keyboard shortcut for start dictation from PC keyboard

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When my laptop is closed at home and I am using a PC keyboard, I cannot access Start Dictation with "fn fn" because there's no fn key on my keyboard. How can I get a keyboard shortcut for this?

I tried setting up Karabiner but was unsuccessful. Instructions appreciated. Could have shift-lock or F9 for my fn key.

Or is there a way to change the keyboard shortcut for this to something else?

I'm on El Capitan (10.11.3). Thanks.


texts: What does "A1278" mean in specifying a MacBook model?

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I need to replace a part in my MacBook 13", Aluminum, Late 2008 and I have found a piece that seems to match,  but I got confused by the code "A1278" in the description, which I have not seen anywhere in my machine's specifications.  It looks like it is associated with different models, not just with mine, and mostly with MacBook Pro.

What does "A1278" mean in a description of a MacBook model?  It seems to be referred to as model number, but it is shared by different models.  Would it mean that all models with this identifier are in some sense compatible?  Can some parts of one such model be used in another?


texts: How to turn off an external display without disconnecting?

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I have a workplace setup for my Macbook Pro 15" (2011) that is actually two workplaces. One is the Macbook itself, for sitting. The second, right next to it, is a standing desk with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

This works great - I can work on the standing desk, and when my legs get tired, sit down for a while and continue seamlessly on the Macbook.

The only painful point in the transition is that I have to physically disconnect the external display (an Acer 23" display connected through a MiniDP-to-HDMI cable) when sitting down, so the Macbook display becomes the main (and only) desktop again.

Given that I may do this several times a day, this is bound to wear out the connector over time, something I'd like to avoid.

Is there a more sustainable (software-only?) way to disconnect / deactivate an external display?

All I can find on the Google is about the other way round (turning off the internal Macbook display).


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I am acually running Mac OSX 10.8.2 on a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5 @ 4 Go (1600 MHz) DDR3.

I am using Apple Message apps for synchronizing my SMS with my computer. The problem is that everytime my computer come back from a sleep, I have a memory leak in Message and I need to quit the process in the Activity Monitor because It's freeze my computer.

As you see, on the screenshot, Message use 1.45 GB and will continue to grow up if I don't quit the process.

I haven't found anything about this memory leak, and I would like to know If someone know how to fix the problem. When I Quit Message, I can reopen it and it works without any problem.


texts: MacOS: How to turn off Option key printing special characters in VS Code, IntelliJ etc

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Most code editors like IntelliJ, VSCode etc have many shortcuts using the 'option' key in mac. For me, using the option key would cause a special character to be printed instead of performing the shortcut. I wanted to turn this feature off.

I managed to do it after some googling. To serve as a documentation, I am answering my own question below.


texts: Using Airport Express connected via Ethernet to extend Airport Extreme wireless lan?

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I was wondering whether it's possible to use an Airport Express that is connected via Ethernet (using a powerlan/-line bridge-set inbetween) to extend an Airport Extreme network?

Basically the two places are a tad too far away from each other so connecting the Express to the Extreme via WLan hardly works reliably & I thought I read somewhere that the lan connected method should work, but after going through the Airport Utility Wizard that actually seems to offer this method & it restarted the Express, my Lan stops working.. for some reason.. heavy packet loss from my mac to the Extreme (via ethernet aswell) and all that... if I unplug the express from lan, it all of a sudden works again perfectly fine.

So basically the question is and if its doable, what do I have to do to make this work?


texts: Pages icon is shown twice on Launchpad - One icon works, the second one loads

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I just have installed Pages on my macOS Sierra Macbook Pro.
For some reason, this is what I see on the Launchpad:

The regular icon works, but the one who has the loading bar doesn't work.
I'm able to open the program using the regular icon, not the loading one. When I'm pressing Option key, the X button appears only above the loading icon, and when I'm trying to delete it using the X button, nothing happens. Over the regular icon, there is no X button at all.

What can I do to fix this?


texts: Can an iPhone be restored from an iPod Touch backup?

texts: If I have an iPod Touch backup on my computer, can an iPhone restore from it? How about vice versa?


texts: Macbook Air 6,2 High Sierra not detecting bootable USB stick

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I see this issue reported a lot but all the accepted solutions have not worked for me.

I have created a bootable USB stick using UNetbootin with a Debian image. The USB stick is FAT32 formatted with a GUID partition table.

When I reboot with the usb stick plugged in and hold down option I'm only presented with the MacOS hard drive to boot from.

I've successfully reset the PRAM using option+cmd+p+r keys but this has had no effect.

I've not found any other suggested solutions to the problem. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Macbook Pro: Two displays - two different full screen applications

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Is it possible to display two different applications on two displays in "extended" mode.

What i mean:

Xcode and Google Chrome have a button "arrows" in the top right corner.

"On click" mac create a desktop, named "application" (Google Chrome or Xcode).

I want to display both of them in full screen mode on two displays.

Is it possible?


texts: iMessage not showing contacts' phone #s when texting- only their emails

texts: I am using iOS 12.0.1 on an iphone 7. In iMessage, when I type in a contact name in "to," the person's email address will appear, and the phone number will NOT appear. iPhone will only give me the email address as an option. I have to go into the contacts list, find the person, and click on the message bubble to send a text from there. This happens repeatedly for certain contacts. I deleted their email addresses from my contacts list, hoping this would help, but now when I type their names from the "messages" screen, nothing shows up for them. I still have to go into contacts and text from there. This is particularly annoying when i want to do a group text.


texts: How to change language of facebook interface in ipad2

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I have ipad , I want to change language of facebook interface to Arabic
I tried to change (Settings >> General >> Language & region >> Region) to Iraq and now its Iraq , then I uninstall facebook application and re-install again but interface still in English.


texts: Applications folder not owned by root, cannot change it

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After a recent run of Migration Assistant from an old MacBook to a new one, my Applications folder is owned by my normal user account rather than by root.  This prevents VirtualBox from functioning (see here, for example).

Attempting to fix the permissions with a simple sudo chown root /Applications gives the error chown: /Applications: Operation not permitted.  This is pleasantly vague, and the Internet assures me that there may be many causes.  (I had other sources I could cite, but I'm new to this site, and thus can only post up to 2 links.)

I do not wish to just start removing flags carelessly from /Applications, so I've done some investigating instead.  Here's what's NOT the problem:

File flags:  Only the sunlnk flag is set, which prevents /Applications from being deleted.  Seems entirely appropriate for /Applications, so I think there's no problem there.  In particular, the suchg flag is NOT set.
SIP:  That feature doesn't govern the /Applications folder, as far as my reading indicates.  So I don't think I need to do any of the "Recovery Mode" business to disable SIP.
ACLs:  The only one reported by ls -le is group:everyone deny delete which, again, seems entirely appropriate, and doesn't seem to have anything to do with chown.

So that's what's NOT the problem (I think).  But I don't know what IS the problem.


texts: iPhone 7+ text message with no contact or text but location is on?

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Browsing through my Messages on my iPhone 7+, I recently found a thread with no name, no number, and no message body. However when I click the ⓘ in the top right corner, I get the options to Send My Current Location and Stop Sharing My Location.

I do not currently have my location shared with anyone, and seeing Stop Sharing My Location is a little scary.

Has this happened to anyone? What would cause this? Thanks for the help!


texts: iMac not logging probably due to keychains problem

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iMac OS X Lion.

I have 2 accounts with password.

On the first account, I was messing up the keychains thing. If I recall correctly, I think I deleted all private keys I had and added exported keys from a different Mac (long story).

I have logged out.

Now, when I try to login to the first account, I write the password, the screen goes blank for a moment, and then goes back to the login screen. No popup messages at all etc.

I can, however, enter my second account, probably because I didn't mess with the keychains in it.

So I need help figuring out how can I.. err, login to the first account and fix this keychains problem?

I was suggested to enter safe mode, following the steps here: iMac Lion not logging in but it doesn't seem to work.


texts: Where to find missing USB Driver for Windows 7 on MacBook Air 2012?

texts:
I successfully installed the latest Boot Camp for Windows 7 on the latest MacBook Air 2012.

My only problem is with one driver for USB controller, which it couldn't be found. Any attempt from device manager to find this missing driver searching automatically or inside the Boot Camp folder was not successful.

Where can I find the missing driver?


texts: Accessing the Terminal on a 2008 MacBook Pro, when booting in single-user mode

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I am booting my 2008 MacBook Pro into single-user mode and attempting to access the Terminal by using the key combination Command + s during startup. But it doesn't appear to be working. Pressing Command + Shift + s takes me to the login screen.

I am attempting to access the Terminal by following the instructions mentioned in this tutorial.

How do I get access to the Terminal? I have a dual boot system with both macOS and Windows installed.


texts: Moving individual Mailbox to external drive

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Does anyone know if it's possible to move a "Mailbox" in Apple Mail to an external drive? I have a relatively small SSD drive, and I'd like to create an Archive mailbox on an external drive.

I don't want to move the entire ~/Library/Mail folder - just the Archive mbox.

If I create a MailBox called MyArchive, I can see the .mbox structure in ~/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes/MyArchive.mbox.

Is what I'm trying to achieve do-able? I know there's "proper" mail archiving utilities, but if I could just store the native emails on an external disk, it'd be good enough for me ...

EDIT: As discussed below, I've tried moving this folder to the external drive and creating a symbolic link to it, but with this in place Mail.app doesn't see the mail content in the folder -  I can see the list of mail items in the mailbox, but opening any mail in the folder results in a "blank item".
I also see the error

kernel[0]: Sandbox: Mail(99229) deny file-read-data /Volumes/External HD/MyArchive.mbox/ (followed by the path to the .emlx)

in Console.app.

Is there any way to "override" Mail.app's sandbox settings to allow it to read mail from the external path?


texts: I have AppleID & pass.  My account.   2FA exists and can’t turn off (iPhone 8 plus, iOS 11.2).  Have device with authorized phone number in possession, so I can receive/use 2FA.  Problem is—even with latter, primary registered device is notified.  How can do it without Primary registered/authorized device being alerted?


texts: Open in Low Resolution checkbox on Retina MacBook Pro checked and disabled

texts: On a Retina MacBook Pro some Java applications (such as IDEA 11.1.3 that is supposed to support it) won't run in HiDPI mode. When I got to "Get Info" on the app, I can see that the "Open in Low Resolution" checkbox is checked and disabled. Is there a way to change this? I have Java 1.6.0_37 installed.


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Unix-sytled, "package managers" like Fink, Homebrew, and MacPorts do a good job of managing 'headless' libraries.  I would like something similar to manage OS X applications with a GUI.

I am hoping to find an easier way to add/remove applications and restore my system in the event of loss or theft or if I purchase a new computer.

Requirements:

find and install applications
keep track of which applications I've installed
uninstall applications and preferences
manage licenses

Candidates:

AppFresh for Mac - best candidate; not free
homebrew-cask - good candidate; limited application support
Apple's App Store - easily find and install applications; doesn't remove applications; not all applications are in the App Store
AppCleaner - removes applications and preferences, but does not install applications
osx.iusethis.com - tracks application (which will replace my spreadsheet); does not manage applications

Are there others?


texts:
I have a late 2013 27 inch iMac with a 3 TB Fusion Drive with macOS Sierra installed.

I partitioned my drive right down the middle, so 1.5 TB on either side.

When I went into Disk Utility mode to unpartition it, there was no minus sign to do so.
I've tried resizing it, booting in Recovery Mode and erasing and restoring the whole drive and nothing works.

I'm currently trying Internet Recovery Mode while unmounting with the terminal but when my "diskutil list" shows up with 19 drives!

Not sure where all these are from but I just want my drive back to the whole 3 TB drive if possible.

I've tried diskutil unmountDisk command as well as Force unmount... it will unmount a few of them, but then crash after I force one that doesn't unmount regularly...

And yes, if you haven't guessed it, I am completely new to all this terminal stuff

...


texts: WindowServer crashes with external monitor on macOS High Sierra

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For now I have a following issue:

When I connect my external monitor (DELL P2418D) to my mac (MacBook Pro 15 2015), everything works fine, but after some long period of sleep(20-30 minutes or more), during wakeup WindowSever process crashes. It causes full logout from a system with finishing current session and closing all applications (this is annoying).

I have found some issues connected with WindowServer in the Internet, but it was not useful. For example: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8076643

What I have done:

reset SMC
reset PRAM
boot to Safe mode

No changes

It may be important:

I changed standard resolution of external monitor via SwitchResX App. From 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 (HiDPI FullHD).
As far as I remember there was no crashes of WindowServer without external monitor.

Links to crash reports of WindowsServer:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1anOZVSfaeHUB1KoXFNCvyiXG-whpB4s3
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IfXNWPmlwumARgbETtMU5Ls8DXhGZKPc

Can any one help me with this problem?

Thanks in advance.


texts:
I am trying to create a bootable flash drive that is named Untitled from my MacBook Pro Retina with Yosemite 10.10.

This is what I am getting in Terminal:

mbp2013retina:~ chris$ sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
sudo: /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found

Can someone help?


texts: Can I open a text file in Preview from the Terminal?

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I know that I can open a file with an external program from the Terminal with open, and that works for most applications. However, when I try to use a command like open -a Preview info.txt, it launches Preview, but the file is not opened.

I am on Mavericks 10.10.2.

Is there a way to use the open command (or any other built-in command) to actually open a file in Preview from the Terminal?


texts: I cannot see some of my notes I created on MacBook Air. When I check in Spotlight it says (null).  What does that mean?  Where are my notes?


texts: Is there a good app/service for listening to private audio files?

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I have a lot of audio lecture mp3 files. They tend to run 30-90 minutes long. I've uploaded many of them to Google Play Music, and listen to them on my Mac and iPhone using the Google Play Music web site or app.
It works okay, but the main problem is it doesn't have 15-second rewind/forward buttons in case I want to hear something again. Is there an app that would be better for that, particularly that can use iCloud or some cloud service that can store all these files to make syncing easier?
It seems that Apple Music / iTunes might work okay for listening on iPad, since the Apple Music iPad app has a 15-second rewind button, but the iPhone and Mac apps do not have this button. The Podcasts app functionality works nice, but I don't think it supports private uploads.


texts: Restoring the Keychain Access menu bar item

texts:
Like others I have been mourning the loss of the Keychain Access menubar item. In the thread I linked to, the OP him-or-herself proposes a self-described “crude workaround” that involves copying the keychain.menu item from within /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources of a machine running macOS 10.12, copying it over, and running it. This, it is claimed, reinstates the menu bar item.

I held out trying this until the release of 10.13.1 in the hope that the disappearance of the Keychain Access menubar item was an oversight Apple would promptly rectify. Unfortunately that is not the case and as of yesterday's update the item is still missing, so I guess it's a deliberate decision on Apple's part.

Unfortunately, the method proposed, as stated in that thread, does not work.

When I read the proposed solution it was quite clear to me that it would entail disabling System Integrity Protection (SIP), as Keychain Access is rightly protected as it is is a key node on many paths of trust through the system. So this I did: I disabled SIP, copied over the menu item from an older system, and ran it, hoping for it to appear in the menu bar. Unfortunately this is not the case: it gets launched, but nothing else happens. I eventually tracked down this entry in the system log, despite SIP being disabled and reported as such by csrutil status:

Sandbox: mdwrite(507) System Policy: allow file-write-xattr/Applications/Utilities/KeychainAccess.app/Contents/Resources/Keychain.menu
Violation:       System Policy: allow file-write-xattr /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/Keychain.menu
MetaData: {"build":"Mac OS X 10.13.1 (17B48)","action":"allow","target":["Applications","Utilities","Keychain Access.app","Contents","Resources","Keychain.menu"],"hardware":"Mac","platform_binary":"yes","profile":"unknown","process":"mdwrite","op":"file-write-xattr"}

At this point I'm a bit at a loss to why SIP is still preventing this executable from running despite it allegedly being disabled, and how I can actually cause it to run. I'm clearly a bit out of my depth.


texts: Ubiquity process root certificate not valid

texts: What are com.apple.ubiquity.... certificates in keychain? I have three of them and the Keychain access warns me that their root certificates are invalid. I previously had little snitch asking me about Ubiquity(ubd process) wanting to connect to configuration.apple.com. Anybody has any ideas about it? There are also other processes like AWACS that try to connect to Apple servers.


texts: Mavericks OS X Server Software Updates: "Duplicate" entries? How do they differ?

texts:
I'm running OS X Server on Mavericks with software updates service. In the list of updates there are several duplicate entries:

For instance there are two safari entries. Looking at the details, I can see that they have the product ids 031-02224 and 031-02225. Similar entries exist for iTunes updates etc.

What are the differences between such duplicate entries?

How do I find out more details for those product ids?

(Google comes up with a bunch of telephone numbers :-) )


texts: Is there any way to reproduce Windows' new "Sets" feature?

texts:
For some time now, I have been looking for a macOS tool that allows me to group apps similar to the upcoming Sets feature in Windows 10.

So far, my search has been fruitless and I have been considering diving into app development for macOS to see if I can build it myself, but I strongly suspect that Apple does not support 'wrapping' applications like this.

Does anyone know of anything similar?


texts: Stop iPhone from ringing on my Mac in Mojave

texts:
This was answered in 2015, but it's not working for me:

How do I stop my Mac from ringing when I get a phone call on my iPhone?

Following the instructions there and elsewhere, I've turned off "Calls from my iPhone" in Facetime, and "Calls on Other Devices" in Settings > Phone on my iPhone, but every time my phone rings, I also get a deafening ring on my Mac.


texts: Firmware Upgrade of Apple Mac Pro (Early 2009) from 4.1 to 5.1

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Apple Mac Pro (Early 2009) running El Capitan OS 10.11.6
Connecting to the internet via a D-Link DWA-131 WiFi USB Dongle

Hello, I am trying to carry out the infamous 4.1 to 5.1 firmware upgrade so that I can upgrade my existing 10.11.6 OS up to Sierra 10.12. I have established that I need to carry out the following steps:

Boot into recovery mode and disable SIP since I'm running El Capitan
Reboot
Mount the MacProEFIUpdate dmg (for 5.1)
Run MacEFIRom's utility.
Shutdown and power back up by holding the power button until light flashes and beep sounds
Verify Boot ROM Version: MP51.007F.B03
Boot into recovery mode and enable SIP
Reboot
Reset PRAM

The problem comes at step 4. As far as I can see, the act of disabling SIP, also disables my internet connection. This causes a road block because the MacEFIRom utility will only run if the internet is active. So I cannot run step 4 and beyond. I might investigate the possibility of running and Ethernet Cable to the front room where my WiFi Router is, thus bypassing the wireless aspect of the connection. Other than that I'm out of ideas.

Can any anyone tell me how I can achieve all 9 items on the list? Or indeed, if my list of steps is incorrect please can you correct me?


texts: How to edit the hosts to block IP address?

texts:
I know how to block certain website, like if I want to block google I can use this line in the host

0.0.0.0 www.google.com.hk
        www.google.com.hk

But my question is how can I block certain IP address? Like how can I block certain IP address like 17.154.66.79?


texts: Hard drive died, how do I get the OS X on new hard drive?

texts:
I have a huge problem. My hard disk seems to be dead. I did a lot of things but I guess it's really gone. The thing is that I don't have CDs o DVDs of the OS X Lion (it's a macbook pro A1278 bought in 2012) and no backup in time machine. I lost all my files so I'm already grieving.

The thing is, if I buy a new HDD, how do I get the OS X there?


texts: How can I cut and paste one part of a photo on top of another in iOS?

texts:
I have two versions of the same image.  One has some text on it (three lines of text), and the other is the original with no text.

I want to remove the bottom line of text.  To do this, I cut and paste the part of the original (the part without the line of text) over the bottom line of text in the image with the text.

In Photoshop on the Mac, this is easy:

Open both images.
Select the bottom of the original image (where there is no text) and copy.
Paste this over the image with text to cover up the bottom line.
Export.

How can I do this on iOS?  I tried using Photoshop Fix, but all I see is "crop," no cut and paste.  I'm not committed to Photoshop as a solution; any way to use part of one image to cover another will do.


texts: Map left mouse button in Karabiner Elements

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I want to map CapsLock to Left Mouse Button using Karabiner Elements in macOS Sierra.

I used to have such mapping in previous OS X versions using Seil and Karabiner but those no longer work in Sierra.

I tried to guess what should I put in the configuration JSON but failed.

"simple_modifications" : {
    "caps_lock" : WHAT_SHOULD_I_PUT_HERE?
},

Is it even possible to map Caps Lock to Left Mouse button in Karabiner Elements?


texts: Cannot uninstall third party softwares in mac

texts:
I installed software which was downloaded from net

But when i tried to uninstall this app in mac, i searched in finder but nothing shows to uninstall.

But this app is in installation list

How to uninstall this software from MAC


texts: Meaning of "Last Modified" date on files (installed from outside the AppStore)?

texts:
I installed the MySQLWorkbench app, but had to get it from outside the official App Store. I am using MacOS Catalina (10.15.5). So, I had to override the "warning" from Catalina, using the root password, that said to not install apps gotten from outside the app store. The MySQLWorkbench installed fine and works great.
However, I noticed the metadata on the MySQLWorkbench executable file says it was "*last modified" on April 1st, 2020. And, today, the download / install date is July 11, 2020.
So, that's weird, right? I'm just assuming the workbench was built on April 1st. ok. But, I'd still expect the file metadata to say the last modified date, for me on my file system, is today. The day I downloaded and installed it, right? I've not installed from the app store in months, but the date metadata looks as I'd expect on the apps from the app store. The date I downloaded them is their "last modified date".
I'm baffled. The April 1st date can't be correct, right?
note: I did have an earlier MySQLWorkbench that was not compatible with Catalina, and it had to be uninstalled (by dragging into the Trash) today, and replaced. But that trashed MySqlClient was installed 1 year ago, definitely not this April.
Anyway, my database and workbench are all good. But, that date metadata on the workbench executable, and the fact I got it from outside the App Store have me confused.


texts: Not able to connect an external acer display to MacBook Pro 2015

texts:
Here is the info of my laptop:
 - MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
 - 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
 - 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
 - Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB
 - macOS High Sierra version 10.13.4
 - Acer G236HL Bbd 23-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor

I've tried both a SMC reset and NVRAM reset and nothing worked for me.
I am so frustrated with this issue.

How do I troubleshoot this issue:

I used the same Thunderbolt cable and a new MacBook Pro and connected to TV - WORKED
I connected the Cable and my Acer monitor with OLD MacBook Pro 2012 - WORKED
I connected the MacBook Pro 2015 and same cable and Acer monitor - Not working.

That means the port is working fine with new MacBook Pro.
Cable is working fine.
Monitor is working fine.

The big issue is not being able to detect the display on the MacBook Pro 2015.

I'm not sure what else I need to do.
Does anyone have a solution for this issue?

I tried calling Apple Customer Service and they are clueless.


texts: Mac Mini keeps trying to mount encrypted DMG at login

texts:
I used to have an encrypted dmg image mounted at user login, but I didn't want it to be mounted anymore, thus I removed it from my user's "Login Items", but in spite of that the OS continued asking me the password to mount such dmg image in every single boot.

I have even tried changing its name, but this didn't work either. It keeps showing that annoying dialog for entering the password to mount such disk image that I don't want to mount.

Any ideas on how to avoid this once and for all?

TIA


texts: Corrupt Photos in Photos_Private.photoslibrary

texts: When I try to open a photo in Photos_Private.photoslibrary, its corrupted. However, if I select Show Package Contents and open the Originals folder, everything is fine. So the question is, where do I need to copy the folder Originals to, to be able to view the images in Photos?


texts: How to load images from PC to iOS 8 iPhone camera roll?

texts:
I have 100 pictures on my PC that I want to load into my Camera Roll. The PC is running Vista so I can't install iCloud onto it.

On iCloud.com, I only see Notes, Contacts, etc, but not Photos.

Please help. Thanks.


texts: Does the 2019 iMac use proprietary SSD controllers or connectors?

texts:
My old workhorse 17" MacBook Pro (circa 2011) finally gave up the ghost after 8 years of reliable service (may it rest in peace), and I'm looking into a 27" iMac to replace it.

I want to buy the high-end model iMac with the fusion drive and make the following upgrades:

Replace the 128GB SSD with a 1 or 2TB SSD.
Replace the 3TB spinning HDD with the largest SATA drive that will physically fit inside the case (hopefully a 12 or 16TB drive - I need lots of storage).
Ditch the Fusion Drive setup in favor of two independently formatted internal drives.

I understand that this is complicated surgery for this model and I have the skills necessary to perform the work.  But since my previous machine is so old, I am a bit out of the loop on newer Apple hardware.  I know that Apple was using proprietary connectors for their SSDs a few years ago (they were first to market with PCIe-based SSDs before the NVMe spec was finalized in the PC world).

So my question is, does the onboard PCIe SSD connector on the 2019 27" model conform to one of the industry standard M.2 form factors, or does Apple still use their own proprietary blade-style SSD connectors?

Also as a bonus, what is the maximum height clearance for the 3.5" SATA hard drive bay?


texts:
I have a project running on a iPad and my client have decided to print a document on his clients and with that I'll need to find a portable printer for iPad.

I have searched on Canon and HP and nothing portable was found.

Does anyone here knows about one?


texts: iphone status bar activity indicator spins forever

texts: Can someone point me why this activity indicator is spinning? All apps are closed. It's starts to spin right after I'm activating wifi. Wifi turned off - activity indicator disappearing.


texts: Creating a Windows installation media using a partitioned hard drive

texts:
I have a 1TB external hard drive that I have partitioned 10GB of (WINBOOT). I want to use that 10GB portion as installation media for Windows 10 with Boot Camp Assistant. However, when I go to make the boot drive, it automatically grabs the drive and will not let me select the partition.

If I unmount the main storage partition (Seagate Backup Plus) and create a boot drive with Boot Camp Assistant, will my files be safe? I'm hoping Boot Camp Assistant use only the 10GB portion, and leave the other files untouched.


texts:
I have a iPad and iPhone, both of which are having severe Gmail Notes syncing issues.

My setup was working fine for the last several years, but recently (starting about a month and a half ago), my Notes randomly stop syncing between the devices and Google.

The notes will be locally updated on the particular iDevice I used last, but never sync up to Gmail (verified by looking in my account on a web browser), and therefore never sync to my other iDevice. This causes out-of-sync Notes, and is a pain to get working again. When I do get it working again, it only works for a handful of days (2-5 days), and then suddenly stops syncing again for no obvious reason.

I only use Gmail for Notes - I have all other Gmail syncing turned off in the iOS settings (as has been for at least the last year and a half without issue). I use Office 365 for Mail, Contacts, and Calendars. My Gmail Notes integration was legacy, but I preferred how it worked over the Office 365's OneNote setup.

Things I've tried:

Turned off Note syncing (which deletes the notes from the Device), and then turning it back on. This does not seem to have any effect, and the Gmail notes section under the Notes app never shows back up. It's like it's still not enabled.
Deleting the Gmail account off the iDevice entirely, and then re-adding the Gmail account and turning everything off except Notes syncing. This works for a few days, and then suddenly stops again.
Tried doing a Network Settings Reset on both iDevices. This has no effect.
Tried updating my iDevices from 10.3.1 -> 10.3.2 hoping there was some issue/bug in the Notes app from Apple... but this had no effect, even after repeating the above things.

Oddly enough, when I go into Settings and enable Gmail Email syncing, the notes seem to start to sync again. The problem here is I forward all email to my Office 365 account, so I don't want to sync my Gmail Mail to the iDevices. My password for Gmail has not changed recently, and deleting/re-adding the account to iOS would confirm if I've entered the wrong password anyway.

My Devices:

iPhone 6 on iOS 10.3.2
iPad 4 on iOS 10.3.2

How can I make my iDevices cooperate with Gmail Notes like they used to?


texts: Sound muted in Firefox (MacBook Air OSX 10.8.5)

texts:
I am quite new to using Macs - so apologies if this is super trivial.

When browsing Youtube / Vimeo all sounds are muted. I have checked that the sound is correctly set on the video player. This is working fine on Safari. I know it is possible to mute certain apps in Win7 - is there a similar functionality in OSX?

Thanks!


texts: Okay, so I got a new iPhone and I got some music from my Mom's iTunes library onto my iPhone with no problems, then I tried to sync some songs from my own iTunes library and I cannot. Do I need to activate homesharing or something, because I don't have this problem with my iPod. PLEASE HELP!!!


texts: Stream iTunes music to many PCs and/or Macs at the same time

texts:
Let me explain what I am trying to achieve.

Everyone in the office listens to different music in his/her own iTunes with their own headphones so they do not bother anyone.

The thing is, I want to share the music that I am hearing with two or more coworkers. By sharing I mean (assuming my iTunes is the "master" and the other PCs are the "slaves"):

Listening to the same song at the same time
If the "master" pauses the song, all "slaves" will pause. When the "master" resumes the song, every "slave" starts hearing the song again where it left off.

That way, everyone is in sync and enjoying the same music! Is it possible to achieve this with iTunes alone? If not, do you now some kind of music streaming server that achieves this?

Hope its clear!


texts: How to determine which one process owns particular window

texts:
How to know which process or App is responsible for creating/managing a particular window in macOS?

In my case I got really cryptic error message, in non modal free floating window.
Using message found that it is from Sparkle framework, but I don't know which process or App cause it.


texts: Trouble backing up my Mac (with Time Machine) to my WD passport

texts:
I just bought a 1 TB WD passport (external hard drive) to backup my Mac. I'm currently operating on a Mac OS x 10.5.8 (Leopard) with a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

To format the drive I

erased the contents of the drive with Disk Utility and formated it as Mac OS X extended (journaled)
set the volume scheme to one partition, formatted again under Mac OS X (journaled) with GPT

After enabling Time Machine the backup always stops at 52.9 of a 168 GB backup. When I click to continue the backup, Time Machine ostensibly keeps backing up but then again arbitrarily shuts down with no additional information copied to the drive beyond the 52.9Gb.

Is there anything that I'm doing wrong, or can anyone suggest anything that might work?


texts: Execute alias with sudo at session startup

texts:
I created the following alias and put it into my ~/.zshrc:

alias kiosk-proxy="echo \"rdr pass inet proto tcp from any to any port 80 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8080\" | sudo pfctl -ef -"

It's basically a pf rule which redirects all incoming traffic with the destination port 80 to 127.0.0.1:8080 (but what it does is not important, it's just to give you some context)

Currently, I have to manually run this at every session startup, I'd like to automate it.

It would be rather simple if it didn't need sudo rights, I'd just put kiosk-proxy in my ~/.bash_profile, I guess.

But since it needs sudo, it's gonna ask for the password and I doubt it's gonna prompt it. So... How can I execute this alias with sudo rights without asking for the password? Also, it needs to know there is such alias existing in ~/.zshrc, which may not have been loaded yet. Worse case, I can move the alias to another file.


texts: What apps are people using to record voice meetings on the iPad?

texts:
I'm looking to do some light recording of voice conversations and field recordings on my iPad using the built in microphone.

GarageBand seems to be the obvious Apple solution, but is too heavy for my needs. By the time I set up a new project, turn off the metronome, etc..., I find myself wishing I just had Voice Memos running on my iPad.

I don't mind paying for the app, but wondered what people are using for both light voice recording as well as longer and more numerous recording / light editing where some tagging and filing might be possible.


texts: Using an iMac as a monitor for a mac mini

texts:
I currently have an old 21 inch iMac that won't run Lion because it doesn't have a 64 bit chip. Other than that it works absolutely fine. I am however a part time developer and so I really need to make sure I have a machine that runs Lion for testing as a minimum.

Looking at new Mac minis they seem ideal to solve this problem being relatively low priced and able to do a few other things I'd find useful. My question is if I just get a new mac mini, could I somehow use the existing iMac as a monitor for it by using for instance screen sharing software. If I do then what will the performance of the screen be, I'd only really like to look  at this if the screen sharing looks the same as if I had connected a monitor directly to the mac mini.


texts: How to export Moom settings (especially keyboard shortcuts) to external file?

texts:
I'm working on some shell scripts to customize OS X to my preferences just by calling one script.

From a lot of native OS X options, script is going to easily import some predefined settings form 3rd party apps if possible.

My question is about Moom. I cannot spot any option to export existing settings (especially keyboard shortcuts) into non-encoded file.

Calling:

$ sudo find -x / -name "Moom"

gives nothing more than:

/Applications/Moom.app/Contents/MacOS/Moom


texts: Why do many processes use the letter "d" at the end of the process name?

texts: Just recently started getting into OS X/iOS development and noticed several files have a "d" at the end. I.e launchd, accountsd, cloudd, assistantd, etc.. Not all have it just some. Just a quirky question I was pondering and figured if anyone knew the answer it would be you guys.


texts:
I have two HP 24es monitors connected to my MacBook Pro. The input to the monitors are via HDMI. One connects directly to the MacBook Pro via a HDMI cable. The other connects via a HDMI to DVI, DVI to DVI, DVI to DisplayPort, DisplayPort to Henge Docks to MacBook Pro.

Now in general the monitors work fine. The problem is after I've locked the laptop and the monitors have gone to sleep when I come back and the monitors wake up, they blink three times before settling down.

I am hoping to avoid this. I previously had different external monitors hooked up via DVI and those didn't have this issue.

My guess is that the HDMI talk through is more involved and is causing the blinking.

Any suggestions on how to avoid this? Different cables? Would I loose quality if I used the VGA port on the back of the monitors instead of HDMI?


texts: Why is my Macbook pro's screen better than my Desktop Monitor?

texts:
This is probably a calibration issue, but why is it that my Mac doesn't need any kind of monitor calibration but my desktop's monitor do?

Well, I actually really want to get a monitor, so I am wondering what specs should I look at to get it as close to my macbook colors as possible without a need for calibration.


texts:
I need a way to just auto-copy AVCHD from my memory card to the Mac.

The Image Capture and AutoImporter apps both work great for still photos and for MP4 video. Image Capture completely ignores AVCHD, while AutoImporter seems to hang when I plug in the memory card with some AVCHD clips:

When manually browsing the memory card, there is on its root level a package called "PRIVATE":

And only 3 levels down can I find the actual MTS files that should be copied... :

How can I get these videos to be auto-copied when I plug in the memory card?


texts: How can I install Safari, without a browser or itunes access?

texts:
I do not seem to have Safari on my iPhone 4.  I also do not seem to have iTunes installed, or any access to iTunes.  I have tried resetting my home-screen layout, but Safari and itunes still are not there.

I have tried to download the Safari install file to my PC, hoping to somehow transfer it to my iPhone.  But iTunes will not give up the file because I do not have iOS installed on the PC.

Any ideas, please?


texts: Adding MP3s to iTunes 10 doesn't work for some files

texts:
I have recently upgraded to iTunes 10. I had some MP3 files which I would like to add to the library. In the past I have dragged the folder into the iTunes "Library" section which has added all the songs, but this time it only added the last two songs of a ~20 song album. Adding the files individually does not work either, and "File > Add to Library" does the same thing (only adds two of the songs).

Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround?


texts: iTerm as a slide-out terminal from the top of the screen

texts: I have installed iTerm2 and was hoping I'd have something like guake (Yes I just switched from Ubuntu). I mapped the hotkey to a button of my choice and it works fine, but I miss the slide-down-from-top animation like I had in Ubuntu.


texts: sold an iphone 5s, buyer is saying I didn't wipe and needs my 4 digit passcode

texts:
Sold an iphone 5s on ebay, thought I had wiped it clean (still think I did).  99% certain.

Buyer is in Ukraine.  States he can't activate phone because there's a passcode still on it.  Is asking for $20 refund to get it done.

Scam?

I logged into icloud and it doesn't show up in my devices.  Does that mean it was wiped clean?  Or perhaps I never could see it using icloud (find-my-iphone)?


texts:
I'm trying to download or to get .dmg of iOS 8.4 or later and all I can get from Apple dev center is ipws file. Is there any way to convert/extract/whatever this .ipws to a valid dmg image (that can be eventually mounted ?) or is there any link from where I can get a valid .dmg image of ios8.4 or later?
Thank you in advance


texts: Boot Camp partition broken and can't be repaired in OS X 10.10.4

texts:
Suddenly my Boot Camp partition vanished: not visible in Finder, not visible on startup. In Disk Utility I can see the volume, but it's broken (verification log):

Verifying volume "disk0s4"
Verifying file system.
** /dev/rdisk0s4
Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 2b0601
File system check exit code is 8.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.

…and cannot be repaired:

Verify and Repair volume “disk0s4”
Repairing file system.
** /dev/rdisk0s4
Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 2b0601
File system check exit code is 8.
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk.
Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk,
and restore your backed-up files.

Before there was another message, something about

Mount of disk0s4 blocked by dissenter.

Terminal's diskutil list command:

#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            596.5 GB   disk0s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         199.3 GB   disk0s4

and another one:

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
     start        size  index  contents
         0           1         MBR
         1           1         Pri GPT header
         2          32         Pri GPT table
        34           6
        40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    409640  1165055256      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1165464896     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1166734432   397446048
1564180480   389343232      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1953523712        1423
1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
1953525167           1         Sec GPT header

Once, I had as similar problem after partition resizing and had successfully solved it with this guide. But here I see some differences - now naming is not detected and you can't see BOOTCAMP in Finder sidebar. So, I'm not taking chances and won't follow this guide until someone will advise me so.

iMac14,3 (21.5-inch, Late 2013) , OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Here is sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
     Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE    0   0   2 - 1023 254  63 [         1 - 1564180479] <Unknown ID>
*2: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1564180480 -  389343232] HPFS/QNX/AUX
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused


texts: Disk utility won't let me use the restore option to get a .dmg image onto a USB

texts: I'm tying to make a bootable Debian USB drive. All I need to do is restore the USB drive from the Debian dmg. I get this error. The debian.org documentation is not helpful with this specific issue. Here's what I keep running into.


texts: Save open applications and tabs state to file and be able to restore

texts:
I have 2 computers with the same applications installed and I use both for work. I would like to seamlessly move from one to the other and recreate the state of open applications I had in the previous one with a command.

I looked into an application called Keyboard Maestro but it does not seem to be able to save open applications and tabs arbitrarily, instead you make specific macros.

With AppleScript, maybe I can somehow use a list of open applications:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every process where visible is true'

But I am not sure where to go from there or if it's even possible.

Maybe I should be looking into user sessions instead. Someone suggested I should sync ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.loginwindow.* across the two computers, but I'm not sure if that alone will suffice, and forces me to log out and log back in, which I don't want.

Any pointers on how to achieve this?

Scope

Not being able to "hot reload" programs is not a problem. Window positions aren't one either. If with a keystroke I can close everything and open applications from a saved state file, that would be enough. It's mostly about apps opening the files I had open in the other computer. If I could have more than one saved state (e.g. one per project), that would be excellent. If I can get some initial code I could take it from there


texts: Boot to Windows8.1 flash drive on 2015 iMac

texts:
I currently have windows8.1 installed using bootcamp prior, and want to expand it's partition size. The iMac has El Capitan installed.

I don't want to delete it, as I fear apple has locked me to windows10 for new bootcamp installs.
I currently have shrunk my macOS partition, and formatted that as a FAT partition.

Then, windows wouldn't boot (which is expected as it's partition is now the wrong boot disk number).

To fix this, I can boot to a repair disc and run a few command line commands.
The issue:

I prepared a win8.1 bootable flash drive, using mac terminal, as well as rufus / windows usb tool on another windows machine.

When I try to boot to it on the iMac, and hold down OPTION, it doesn't show up in the boot menu.

Why is this? How can I boot to this to repair my windows install?

The appropriate EFI files are present on the flash drive. I've also tried different flash drives, and redoing the process.


texts: Lost macOS boot option after using EaseUS partition to resize Windows partition

texts:
I am using a Macbook Air. After I installed Windows 10, I wanted to resize the Windows Partition and create a new partition to use data.
After that, Windows informs me that a recovery error - cannot boot to Windows. And I reinstall Windows again.
Then after I can enter to Windows desktop, bootcamp informs me that "could not locate macOS volume"
Then I get this error.
The option to boot to macOS has disappeared, only Windows remains.
Then I use DiskUtil to check. The macOS volume partition type is marked as "unknown".


texts: Install backup of my old Mac on my new one

texts: I got a new MacBook Pro with Catalina on it. I made a APFS formatted Copy of my old Mac and want to install it on a separate Partition on my new MacBook Pro so that when I start the new MacBook I can switch between the new one and the old one but I can't figure out how to do that.


texts: Automatically put maximized window to first workspace

texts: is there any way to automatically put maximized window to first workspace instead of last? I'd rather use it that way.


texts: Mac OS X administrator account still requires sudo

texts: when trying to install Ruby, Vagrant, and Grunt using terminal I am still required to use sudo on my installs. I am sole proprietor of the laptop and have an administrator account. Shouldn't I be able  to install software without using sudo?


texts: Missing /usr/local/sbin directory in the /etc/paths file

texts:
Why doesn’t the /etc/paths file include the /usr/local/sbin directory on macOS?

$ cat /etc/paths
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

I would have expected:

$ cat /etc/paths
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/local/sbin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

Note. — The /etc/paths file is read by the /etc/profile shell script to generate the PATH environment variable.


texts:
In OSX one can use Ctrl-F7 to change what the Tab key can move the focus between. By default it is only text boxes and lists but after pressing ctrl-f7 one can move between all ui elements.

I was wondering if there is a way to toggle this functionality by using the defaults tool.


texts: Installing macOS High Sierra on Mac Pro 2009 with a firmware upgrade requires a firmware update - is it safe?

texts:
I have a 2009 Mac Pro, which has been upgraded to a MacPro5,1. It's currently running macOS Sierra. I was going to upgrade it High Sierra, but the High Sierra installer said it needs to first update the firmware and asked me to proceed in doing that.

I'm nervous to allow this to happen since the firmware was already upgraded from a MacPro4,1 to a MacPro5,1.

Also, I'm running a flash NVIDIA GTX 980, which has the boot support. I'm afraid this might cause problems as well.

Are there any known issues or conflicts with my configuration or similar configuration when upgrading to High Sierra?


texts:
On screen lock mac goes to sleep impacting the downloads & etc.  Is there any way I can lock the screen with password protection and not loose the connections ?

OS version: EL Captain

Currently


texts:
When I first got my MacBook Pro, I installed Windows 7 via Boot Camp.

A couple months later I wanted to install Ubuntu and have a triple boot. I followed this tutorial: triple-boot

After I finished following the steps in the tutorial, Windows would not boot (everything else worked fine), so I opened up Disk Utility and decided to remove the Windows partition (because it was setup with Boot Camp). Doing this only created a huge free space where my Windows partition used to be.

Now anything I try to do in Disk Utility displays the error: "Mediakit reports no such partition", even when trying to split up my Mac HD.

How to fix this?


texts: Mail autocomplete is different for search and compose

texts:
It annoys me that Mail “To” field autocomplete doesn't match that of the search bar.

When I start typing name of a person I've had conversation with in the search bar, I can see their full name along with the address. Clearly, Mail knows about them.

When I hit Compose and start typing in “To” field, I see a tiny loading wheel image appearing on the right for a fraction of second—and then, nothing, no autocomplete, no suggestions.

The search field looks among all the people you've ever talked to  but the compose form only offers your address book contacts.

Can I change it to work the same way as Search bar, or do I have to add each person in my address book to have them in autocomplete?

I'm using Gmail.


texts: Google Maps app is no longer in the Background App Refresh list

texts:
After upgrading to iOS 8, Google Maps no longer appears in the list of apps that can be toggled on/off for Background App Refresh functionality.

Doesn't it need to be enabled for the app to continue using the GPS and giving voice directions while the phone is locked, or while another app is in the foreground?


texts: How can I update my iPhone 3gs to ios6 so my nephew can use it as an iPod?

texts: When I connect to iTunes it says I have the current update. However the version is 4.3. My nephew would like to play some games including words with friends with me and this old phone would make him a great iPod.


texts: Syncing Apple Music between iPhone and iPad

texts: How do you sync playlists, favorites, etc between devices in the new Apple Music app?


texts: DIY fusion Drive two identical volumes show up booting with option key?

texts:
I've succesfully built a fusiondrive on my late 2009 iMac (256Gb Samung830+2TB HDD).
I set the size to 100%, so I have no recovery partion. However when I boot with the option key I get two identical volumes to chose from. Clicking one or the other brings me to the desktop. I've seen this reported elsewhere, but is it normal on a DIY fusion drive? My iMac runs fine and snappier and the drive shows up as one in Disk utility. Could indicate that some kind of special firmware on the SSD is needed to get a "fully" functional fusion drive?


texts: Adding photos to iPhone from Mac using image capture

texts: Does anyone know of a way that I can put photos on my iPhone using image capture?


texts: Mac OS Update Error - The Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted

texts: I am not able to update my Mac OS from Sierra to HIGH Sierra. It shows the error below when I try to update from iTunes. How to fix it?


texts: Why does my iPad 2 version 7.1.2 show mail usage 1.4 GB when I have only four emails in all boxes? I have erased all mail from my computer mailboxes also...


texts: iOS Notes and foreign WIFI hotspot security

texts: If I connect with my iPhone to a foreign wifi hotspot are my Notes in danger? Does it automatically transfer Notes on new connection? If I didn't open the Notes app, or even if I did open it, can a Wifi hotspot read it?


texts:
iOS emits a variety of unnecessary sound effects in response to user interaction, e.g.:

Connect a power source.
Take a photo.
Capture a screenshot.
Authorize an App Store purchase.

How do I disable them?
What I’ve tried:

Since every other operating system I’ve used has a simple setting for this—

macOS: System Preferences → Sound → Play user interface sound effects
Windows: Control Panel → Sound → Sounds → No Sounds
Ubuntu: System Settings → Sound → Sound Effects → Mute
Android: Settings → Sound → Other sounds → …

—I expected that iOS would have one too. I looked around in Settings → Sounds & Haptics but couldn’t find it.

Physically switching the iPhone’s ring/silent switch to silent does successfully mute sound effects, but this has the undesirable side effect of stopping my phone from ringing.
I have no problem with the phone making noise when it needs my attention; it’s the redundant, often skeuomorphic sounds that I’m asking about disabling.


texts:
Is it possible to install InkScape without XQuartz?

I did install it already and it's working but I feel like it's not that native (e.g. the menu doesn't appear on the top pannel but until the title bar).

How to install InkScape without XQuartz?


texts: Disable animations when switching between Desktop Spaces in Catalina?

texts:
I've searched far and wide, but have not found solution to completely disable the slide or fade animation when switching between desktop Spaces in MacOS.
Is there a way to disable this? I'm willing to install or write a kernel extension to achieve this.


texts:
iPhone 6

The credit card in iPhone's iCloud Settings/Apple ID/Payment & Shipping/Payment Method (Payment Details) has just expired. I received a new card ( new expiration date and verification code) and entered it into Apple Pay a few weeks ago.

Now I've misplaced the new credit card, so I can't update the iCloud payment method for that card. I can enter a different credit card number, of course. But why can't I pay for iCloud with Apple Pay?


texts: How to run a non-brew app on startup in macOS Sierra

texts:
I had to install an older version of Elasticsearch (2.3.3) from source.  The binary is located in /opt/local/elasticsearch-2.3.3/bin/ I created the following file

/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.elasticsearch.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>org.elasticsearch</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/opt/local/elasticsearch-2.3.3/bin/elasticsearch</string>
        </array>
        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>root</string>
<!--         <key>GroupName</key>
        <string>staff</string> -->
        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
        <string>/opt/local/elasticsearch-2.3.3/bin</string>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</plist>

I then issue the following command:

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.elasticsearch.plist

When I inquire with sudo launchctl list | grep elastic it returns org.elasticsearch.  But when I check if elasticsearch is running with ps ax | grep elastic it is not running.

Is there something wrong with my .plist file?


texts:
How can I keep the column width in the list view option of finder?

Every time I reopen a folder I have to readjust the width of the columns so I can tell what files are in the folder. It is most annoying.
Option drag doesn't work.


texts: Why does my 10.8.5 OS X not recognize my iPod when I plug it in?

texts:
Just today, I plugged in my iPod Classic (bought recently; 160 GB), and it doesn't charge or show up in iTunes. Its screen turns on though.

I have OS X 10.8.5, and the latest iTunes on a MacPro 2008.

I can plug it into my wife's iMac (2011) using the same cable and it seems to work fine.

So I reset the SMC, and the PRAM. I reinstalled iTunes twice, and restarted the mac. The only thing that changed was immediately after resetting the SMC, plugging in the iPod had it show up as connected on its screen for a few seconds, then it said "OK to disconnect" and now doesn't respond any more. I also tried plugging it into the other USB ports, including the ones on the Apple Keyboard.

It looks like the problem is that the Apple Mobile Device Service doesn't start up. I can find Apple's support article on how to reinstall it on 10.6.8 and lower, but that doesn't help. It includes deleting iTunes.app and reinstalling it; 10.8 say you can't do that since iTunes is needed by OS X.

So: how do I get the AMDS working again?


texts: I cannot pull up the summary tab or view info on my phone via iTunes, and I also cannot sync my phone with my computer.


texts: How can I change the language for automatic spelling correction?

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I set my input source to be US English. And the flag showing on the taskbar is also an American flag.

But whenever I type something in Mail.app or Notes.app the spell check still corrects my spelling to British English:

e.g. it highlights my "organize" and suggest s"organise".

Please, how to make my Mac (OS X 10.8) an American?


texts: How to make a copy of Xcode.app which is installed from App Store?

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I have installed Xcode 12.2 from the App Store. (I am using Big Sur 11.0.1).
I would like to use the XVim2 plugin for Xcode. In order to use the the XVim2 plugin, the Xcode app must be re-signed with a self-signed certificate. Since, re-signing the app will replace the original signature, I would like to keep 2 copies of the Xcode app- the original one signed by Apple and a copy which has been re-signed by me.
I tried to copy the Xcode app by performing the following steps-

Open Finder and go to /Applications
Copy Xcode.app
Go to ~/Desktop and paste the app
Rename the Xcode.app file in Desktop to XcodeVim.app
Move the XcodeVim.app file to /Applications

After these steps, if I try to open the Xcode.app or the XcodeVim.app, the apps do not respond. The activity monitor shows that a process called XProtectService uses a lot of CPU when I try to open the apps.
Is there any way to copy the Xcode app which is installed from the App Store?
P.S.-
I do not face this issue if I use the .xip file downloaded from https://developer.apple.com . I can make copies of the Xcode app and use them concurrently. However, I cannot use the .xip file from Apple Developer website as it does not support delta updates while App Store supports delta updates.


texts: Can my iPad, wired mic and wireless speaker all work together simultaneously?

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I have an iPad.
I have a wired microphone with a lightning plug.
I have wireless bluetooth speakers.

Can I play a song on the iPad, sing through the mic and have the sound of the music and my voice come out through the bluetooth speaker?

Thank you


texts: Is possible to have Forklift open folders, paths, etc instead of Finder?


texts: How can I tell if my Mac Wifi adapter supports "ap mode"

texts:
First, a long preamble: I've got a set of smart plugs which I'm planning to flash with a new firmware using https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert. Long story short, this utility does over-the-air flashing of these devices with a new firmware. Very convenient and useful. List most smart home stuff, it seems, this is windows and linux only. This is not such a big problem in light of Docker and Docker Desktop for MacOS or Virtualbox, however the utility is failing with a complaint that my Wifi NIC (interface en1) does not support "AP Mode".
Here's my question: how can I decisively tell whether my NIC supports (or does not support) AP mode? I've read that many (but not all) Mac NIC adapters may be lacking this feature, but am not sure how to tell using ifconfig whether this is the case. I can share my wifi connection, and I can sniff packets using WiFi on that mac, so this seems to me to indirectly indicate this is the case. But if not, I'll just get a USB dongle that will work and use that.
Bonus question: anyone recommend a MacOS compatible USB dongle that supports AP Mode in case my iMac does not natively do so?


texts: Is the iPhone always using Wifi (instead of cellular data network) when connected?

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When I'm in range and connected to particular Wifi, having cellular data transmission enabled at the same time, will the iPhone always use the Wifi connection?

Or can the app developer choose which network has priority (e.g. always use cellular data transmission and not Wifi)?


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I am trying to sync my iTunes music to my iPhone. It takes a really long time (> 20 mins) when I try to do so.

a) Has anyone else run into this ? How did you fix it in that case?

b) Is there a way I can work around the iTunes sync process to copy media to my iPhone?


texts: Mac book: Is battery cycle low means mac book still can be used at long time ?

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I try to buy an old mac book pro mid 2012. Old user of this mac uses mac by electric all the time, so the life cycle till now just 3 cycles, but this computer has been used for 1.5 years.

My question is: if this mac is only 3 cycles, does this mean the battery still as good as new mac ?

Thanks :)


texts: My child accidentally downloaded an inappropriate software and I want to delete all history of me ever having it. How can I do this?


texts: App Store - are "legal contract" kind of apps permitted?

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I'm considering involving a lawyer in creating a simple app to create a contract between two people. They read and sign the contract on an iPhone and both get copies of it.

I know there are medical apps like WebMD that provide medical info, while disclaiming intent to diagnose, cute or treat conditions. Can the same approach be applied to an app that creates contract while disclaiming offering legal advise?

I'm interested if the kind of app I'm proposing would be allowed on the App Store?


texts: What does "Vector 0xdd(TMR)" do and how can I fix a problem that I'm having with it?

texts:
I am currently having problems with kernal_task using ~2GB of RAM and looking at what advice exists I ran sysdiagnose and in powermeterics.txt I found that Vector 0xdd(TMR) was doing ~20,000 interrupts/sec. However, this vector was different than the one the advice that I was looking at suggested would be the problem.

However, clearly this happening is also a problem.

However, when I'm trying to look for what Vector 0xdd(TMR) does, all that I find are the results relating what the advice suggest that the other problem because it is more common and that all the Vectors are often copied together when asking what is going wrong.

So what does this Vector do and now I would go about fixing the fact that it is doing ~20,000 interrupts/sec?

EDIT: While I currently still don't know what is caused this issue, it was resolved by Vladimir's answer below.


texts: Install older OSX a dual boot on a computer with OSX High sierra

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I need to install a secondary OSX, older one, like yosemite or something, on a computer, which has High sierra installed. The problem is it has the crazy APFS file system, which doesn't seem to allow normal partitions (at least the Disk utility doesn't seem to do that) and it also says that it cannot run Yosemite installer, because it's too old for this computer... Any ideas?

I'm also trying to download the OSX High sierra installer and the damn App Store is saying "downloading", but that's it, no clue how far it is or if it is actually downloading...


texts:
At home, I have my own network. I have set up a DHCP fixed-address connection for that.

However, not all networks like that, and so I have set up another Service in Network preferences that just uses plain DHCP.

However, I can't set them to only connect to certain networks: changing settings in the Advanced window adjusts them for all Wi-Fi Services. This means I have both connections going.

How do I change the settings for just one Service, so I can set it to only connect to a certain network?


texts:
I'm looking for a way to open the url in clipboard with Alfred - using shortcut key. Can we do this ?

Example:

I select an url then I click a combo key. My browser will open that url


texts: Some keys on Apple Wireless keyboard not working

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I noticed that these keys are not working on my Apple Wireless keyboard: q, w, e, r, t, y, u, i, & o. All the other keys work normally. The keyboard layout is set to US.

Is there a setting that I enabled accidentally or it is time to get a new keyboard?


texts: iPhone SE, can't start conversations from my email address

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When I'm using iMessages I always prefer they be sent from my email address and not my phone number.  For some reason now however, my phone will not allow me to select my email address to send messages from.  It's available to be selected, but selecting it does nothing.  It just stays on phone number.  How can I set it to use my email address?

I've turned iMessages off & on several times, signed out and back into iCloud... no change.  Running iOS 11.3, iPhone SE 64GB.


texts:
I was having some issues with my Mac so I booted into recovery mode and made an image of my internal SSD drive to a .dmg compressed format and then saved it to my external SSD.
Then I erased the Mac and did a clean install of Mac OS.
The issue is now when I'm opening up the Mac dmg backup I can't find any of my files even though it says it is 112gb disk image. Is the 112gb just empty space?
When I mount the .dmg It opens three folders; VM, recovery and preboot and these are only have around 1gb of data in each.
Where are the other 100 GB worth of files? Maybe I have done something wrong. I just want to know what is going on.
EDIT -
I have managed to find my files the drive was in APFS format so I downloaded EaseUs data recovery, after trying loads of software this one deals with APFS. Thanks goodness I didn't delete my files.


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Imac having odd problem.  Entering password at bootup, the computer does not respond to keystroke (usb keyboard), until it's been tapped multiple (but not consistent) number of times, then it will spit out several iterations of the same letter (but not as many as taps).  Very difficult to backspace to correct.  When that frustrating process finally gets a password, the computer works fine.  After some use (a day or so) the keyboard starts not responding in a similar fashion. Rebooting is necessary.

We swapped out keyboards, disconnected any bluetooth devices that had at one time been connected. Run techtools and disk utility, no issues appear. Any clues/suggestions?

kt


texts: How can I show the login window after a period of inactivity?

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How can I make my Mac display the login screen (as though I'd selected "Login window" from the fast user switching menu) after the session has been idle for a certain time?

I can make it log out after some amount of inactivity, but I don't want that. I want my programs to continue running.

I can also set the screen saver to require a password, and clicking the "Switch user" button on the password dialog will display the login screen. I'd effectively like to skip that step and go directly to the login screen without having to push the button.


texts: How to safely remove unused Xcode .pkg files from /private/var on Catalina?

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EDIT: I have solved the problem (the main cause of it, at least). The issue seemed to stem from rouge XCode installation files that were cached in private/var/folders/gh/... during several failed installations of XCode 11.0 (which was known to have had installation issues on Catalina). Simply rebooting my laptop cleared the /private/var/ cache and removed all the installation files, reducing my "other" used space from 158 GB to roughly 33 GB. I'm not sure if 33 GB is still a lot of "other" space, but it is still much better than 158 GB.

The images below show my current predicament. Previously on MacOS Mojave, I had about 150 GB of free storage left, and since installing Catalina, I have not installed anything. However, it claims that my disk has been filled with 155 GB of "other."

I also do not have automatic time machine backups or snapshots that I am aware of, and the outputs of my tmutil commands are attached. Furthermore, you can see that the maximum single file size that I have on my disk is 11 Gigs, which is a virtualbox image. I have also checked my "cores" folder  and the folder is empty. I have also checked my various Cache folders, and though they are somewhat large, they do not add up to the 150 GB.

One of my spotify App Caches was slightly large (9 GB), so to experiment, I removed that cache to see how my storage would react. It did indeed say that I have more storage available now and the ~150 GB of other was cut down to ~142.55 GB.

After further analysis, I might have found my suspects: rouge XCode installation .pkg files left after upgrading XCode.The images are posted below. How should I go about removing these safely? Should I upgrade macOS and let it do its job with trash cleaning, then upgrade XCode to see if it clears out? Or should I manually delete these files?

Images:


texts:
I connected to a public wifi hotspot with my MacBook AIr (Mavericks) and a login window appeared. I can't recall if I first tried to navigate to a website or not. I am familiar with logging into hotspots, where the login details appear in the browser itself. In this case, however, the login details appeared in a separate window (program?).

When I selected the browser, the global menu indicated "Firefox". When I selected the login window, the menu showed "Finder". Is this a (Apple?) captive portal program? It's the first time I've seen it on any OS platform.


texts: How can I hide the TotalTerminal Visor from the command line?

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I am using TotalTerminal. I know that I can set hotkeys to show or hide TotalTerminal's visor, but is there a command I can put at the end of a command line to hide it?

For example:

latex ; hide-total-terminal-window

Is there a command that can implement the same function as this hotkey setting? For example, the hotkey to hide TotalTerminal is ⌃T, so I want to find the corresponding command line option that will hide TotalTerminal instead of having to press the hotkey.


texts:
When using OS X's native zoom, is there any way (perhaps using AppleScript) to fool an application into thinking the screen is not being zoomed?

Something like

tell application "System Events" to tell application "Decoder" that screen_zoom is false

In this case I am trying to view a video application zoomed in, but if I zoom in, it stops and says "Please undo screen zoom" (probably for legal reasons or something silly)

The application's window size is also forcably limted.

The application is Decoder by Multichoice Mobile Operations (Pty) Ltd.


texts: Enhanced (local) dictation in Mavericks 10.9 not working

texts:
In Mavericks (OS X 10.9,) remote (Apple cloud-based) dictation works normally.

But, after check-marking the "Use enhanced dictation" checkbox in System Prefs --> Dictation & Speech, when I attempt to use dictation, the mic window pops up, it shows normal audio input on the blue "level" meter in the mic icon, but nothing happens at the text insertion cursor.

(Yes, I did already complete the download of the required ~750MB language pack, and I've restarted my system several times.)

Suggestions for how to resolve this?


texts: On iPad's iBooks, how to make highlighting show up for PDF files?

texts:
It seems that on iPad, iBooks, Kindle, or Kobo won't show any user highlightings?

For example, just go to https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/Introduction/introObjectiveC.html and you will see at the top right corner to download the PDF file.  Right click and save it into your Mac or PC, and use Acrobat 10 or Mac's Preview to highlight the word "Objective-C" on the frontpage of the file.  We can close and re-open the file to see the highlighting.

Now use DropBox or Box.net and transfer the file to iPad's iBooks (I am using the New iPad (3rd Gen)).  (Done by downloading the file and "Open With" iBooks). The highlighting won't show up at all.

This is a simple test... the other document which I highlighted for many pages also won't show any highlighting either.

Is there a way to make the highlighting show

in iBooks
in other apps?

I tried also the Kindle app and Kobo app on iPad and they won't show the highlighting either.


texts: No option to boot Windows in Startup Manager

texts:
So basically I've got a Macbook Pro 2013 / 2014, I'm not sure which. It has a completely wiped hard drive, and I'm trying to install Windows on it. I have a Windows 10 Installer USB drive that works fine on other computers. By this I mean in other computers, the BIOS lists the USB drive as a boot option and works as expected.

But in the Macbook Startup Manager (accessed by holding the option key while the computer is booting), it is not an option.

If I use a live Linux USB (I've tried arch and debian) it works as expected, debian installed on the Macbook with no problems.

What can I do to fix this? Also keep in mind there is no operating system installed on the system, so I can't use any OSX utilities, but I can use Linux utilities.


texts: Edit column browser of a playlist in iTunes 12.4

texts:
Whenever I create a new playlist a new design is showing up. The problem here is, I can't edit the column browser anymore i.e. create a new column or change its order or size.

Is there a way to solve this problem? If it's not possible, is there a way to go back to the previous design without downgrading iTunes?
I've heard that this new design was for the "Playlist" mode and back in 12.2 you were able to change this mode back to "Song" mode. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find it. Is it gone, too?

Here's a picture of the old design:

And here one of the new design:


texts:
I'm trying to install Tesserocr for python

I'm not sure what the replacement for apt-get in apt-get install tesseract-ocr libtesseract-dev libleptonica-dev is in this case. I'm new to this and don't fully understand how it works.

I installed tesseract successfully, but I think (to my understanding) tesseract is a command line program. I check brew but I don't think brew has it.


texts: I accidentally enabled the Dwell menubar option with Onyx and can't figure out how to disable it. The "Show dwell actions in menu bar" option is already unchecked under System Preferences->Accessibility->Accessibility Keyboard->Options->Dwell.


texts: Is there a way to switch to the selected process in activity monitor?

texts:
I'm wondering if there's a way to bring focus to a process that's in "activity monitor".

Specifically, I've got a bunch of Google Chrome processes and I'm trying to figure out which process correlates to a particular browser/tab.


texts: Stop Reminders App from sending emails every time a change is made on a shared reminder list

texts:
I have a shared reminders list with my wife. For the last couple of weeks any time she updates/deletes an item I get an email - however when I update she doen't get an email. She  is the owner of the shared list.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how to stop these emails.

Any help gratefully received.

Alan


texts: I can't add an external tester in TestFlight because the Add button is greyed out

texts:
I'm trying to add an external tester in TestFlight, but the Add button is greyed out:

Is this because the app hasn't yet been approved by Apple, or some other reasons?

I tried in both Chrome 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit) and Safari 10.1.1 (12603.2.4) on macOS 10.12.5.

This same person is beta-testing another of my apps, so I'm sure the problem is not regarding their account or mine, just the particular app I'm trying to add them as a tester to.


texts:
I am running a MacBook Pro on Mac OS X 10.5.8

I want to upgrade to Mountain Lion, but cannot download it as I do not have Snow Leopard.

I cannot find Snow Leopard to download. Where might I get this?


texts: System is taking more than 100GB of space on my macbook

texts:
I realized that the Mac OSX Sierra is taking more than 100GB+ on my machine. I don't think this is normal. I clicked on manage and I didn't see any very large system file.

I wonder how can I reduce the disk footprint of the system?

I have already optimized my document and personal storage, but I don't understand why the OS would take 100GB

Something is seriously wrong.... since the time I made this post. Now the OS has grown and taken up my entire disk.


texts: Date Taken changed to Import date in iPhoto

texts: I am not seeing the answer for this problem - I imported 14K photos from my PC to Mac, had them ready and cleaned up, no dups, etc., then after importing, most of the photos do not have the correct date taken, which causes a lot of problem to viewing all my photo. It is taking the date created as the date taken. I cannot seem to change anything else about it. With all pictures I have, I renamed ALL of them to the date taken in the format 2013-0520-xx, just so I would be able to keep up with them in the transfer. So I am able to know the date by the file name stored outside of iPhoto. Then I ran iPhoto for the first time, and everything is a mess without a way to fix it. HELP


texts: How to restore a late 2009 iMac after disk replacement

texts:
My late-2009 iMac will get a new hard drive this week (thanks to Apple's replacement offer. Backup is on Time Machine so I'm not worried about data loss right now.

The system I get back from Apple will contain an empty hard disk only. So to restore  I'll have to boot with the original installation DVD which is Snow Leopard 10.6.4. and somehow upgrade my way up to Mountain Lion again.

What is a fast way to get back from there to a Mountain Lion setup? Ideally a recovery partition would be created as well during the process.


texts: How can I deactivate bad RAM regions on a Macbook Pro (Retina 13")?

texts:
Is there a way to deactivate bad RAM regions on a Macbook Pro Retina 13"?

I was not able to update my Mac to OS X 10.10.3. Complete reinstall was also not successful. I ran diagnostics and memtest86, both revealing bad regions of RAM. What can I do other than repairing the Macbook? I don't have an APP so repairing would be very expensive.


texts: How to make pages/word documents open in preview first?

texts: As you know word documents open by default in pages, and it takes time to do that. Is there any way I can make those documents open in preview first? (plus any other kind of document that you may know) It would obviously be way faster and less cumbersome.


texts: Where do you get the tool they use at the Genius Bar to remove SIM cards?

texts:
I was at the Genius Bar recently and the techs had a tiny tool on their loop of cables that looked like a pin with an oval-shaped loop at the top. Anyone know where to acquire this tool?

I know I could cut and bend a small paper clip, but this looked a bit thinner and sturdier. They used it to pop out the SIM card and clean out the Lightning port.


texts: Transmission frequently locks up when writing to Samba share at more than 3MB/s

texts:
For every torrent I download, I set its destination to my fileserver, which my Mac is connected to via Samba. When download speeds are higher than about 3 megabytes a second, Transmission will lock up (beach ball) for 10-15 seconds, work for about 10-15 seconds and then repeat.

Moving the data files to the local OS X drive completely eliminates this behavior, even at speeds above 5 MB/s. Finder doesn't seem to have any problem writing to the share at speeds even higher than that.

I posted on the Transmission forums that, when saving to the Samba share, I would constantly see "Prefetch failed, Operation not supported" debug messages in the Transmission log; literally hundreds of them every second for every torrent being downloaded. I suspect this has at least something to do with it, but haven't gotten a response on their forums.

Other than "Just save stuff on your local disk then, dummy", is there anything I should try?


texts: Is there any way to print directly from my iPad to my wifi-connected printer?

texts:
I am happy to purchase an app, but the only printing app I'm aware of seems to just let your ipad connect to a computer that is connected to the printer and effectively print through it.

I'm looking to print from my ipad without the use of another computer.   Both the ipad and the printer are on the same wifi network (which is how I print from our laptops).

EDIT:  In my specific case, the printer is a Canon MP990.


texts: How to copy iTunes music from iTunes library to another, using my own music - not purchased

texts: I have digitised my CD collection and have it on my iTunes on a PC. How can I add it to my partner's iTunes on a different PC?


texts: In my Windows Outlook client I can change from the default behavior of marking an email as read only after hitting the space bar or opening the message to automatically marking an email as read after x number of seconds (if it is selected). Does anyone know how to set this in Outlook 2011 for Mac? I can't seem to find the option.


texts: Disable voice control on iPhone 4s, ios7.1

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My partner has a hand-me-down iPhone 4s, and a few months ago, the home button started playing up and not pressing. She started using the on-screen home button instead, which has solved the problem of not being able to press the home button.

Now though, the home button is more responsive, even too responsive. We started noticing that she had called random people (totally random, not most recent or near the beginning of the alphabet or anything) while the phone was in her bag, and occasionally while locking the phone, it would issue a camera shutter button as if it had taken a screenshot. Now it is frequently activating voice control, even if it is just sitting on the table.

It's pretty clear that the problem is that the home button is sticking down sometimes, and is often opening voice control, and as a result, dialling random people (apparently the voice dial software is oversensitive and thinks anything is a name, rather than saying 'sorry, cannot find "hrrghgsh" in your contacts'.

Other people who have had this issue have said that you can turn off voice dial (but not voice control) via settings > general > passcode lock, however my partner's phone has no such setting for voice dial in passcode lock, or anywhere else as far as I can tell.

Can anyone tell me where voice dial has moved, or if voice control itself can be entirely disabled (as one would expect to be possible) or alternatively, if the home button itself can be entirely disabled?


texts: Spotlight solution stops TextEdit files opening

texts:
After running the solution for Spotlight re-indexing takes too long or doesn't work I can't save or open TextEdit files on any drive. I get the error:

  The document “anyfilename” could not be opened. You don’t have permission.
  To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

Changing the permissions for the file, enclosing folder or drive doesn't help.

Changing the application set to open the file from TextEdit to another word processor lets me open the file OK. Changing it back means it doesn't open again.

What's going on?


texts:
I've created a new partition on my Mac and deleted the previous one.
I can't find any way to increase the "Container disk1" size.
Even if I try to reinstall the OS with recovery mode, it's written that there's only 100GB available on the disk.
Here is the output of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         100.3 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +100.3 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS Playground - Data 50.0 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 81.0 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.1 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume macOS Playground        11.1 GB    disk1s5


texts: What is the partition size needed for The Mavericks install disk?

texts:
I will setup a USB key to install Mavericks.

I would like to know the needed size of the partition to install Mavericks.


texts: iTunes help switching songs from one user to another

texts: I'm sharing a computer with my sister and she has her iTunes completely disorganized. I created my own user account on the computer, and am wondering how I can move the music from the iTunes to my user account. I go to file, library, export library and save the file but that's not working.


texts:
My iMac, Macbook Pro, and Mac Mini all have only one stereo audio output each - none of them have digital audio output either (though perhaps other models do?).

Does OS X support surround sound?
Are there surround sound output devices (USB, presumably) for OS X, or does the HDMI output (via displaylink adaptor) of later models support surround sound?
Does iTunes, Quicktime, or any other video software output surround sound for SD or HD movies, assuming you have an appropriate output device?

I know this could be three separate questions, but the base question I'm really interested in knowing is:

Can I use a Mac as my primary entertainment device and easily get surround sound out of it for most applications, or is it going to be limited and/or difficult to set up?

I currently use a windows PC for my TV Tuner, Blueray, DVD, and Netflix all of which support surround sound, and they simply all work together without problems.  Is the Mac any easier or harder to do this with?


texts: Disable read receipts on kik without jailbreak?

texts: How do I read messages on kik without sending the read receipt? Is it possible to do this by turning off internet connection while in the list of conversations and then clicking on one? If there is a method that does not require jailbreaking, will it allow me to view multi-media messages as well?


texts: Safari broken, cannot install any extension

texts:
My safari refuses to let me install any extension. All installations ended up with a message:

  Safari can't install this extension
  An error occurred while installing the extension <extension name>.

I have tried at least 2 dozens of unrelated extensions from safari extension page. Restart safari many times. Nothing works!

What can I do? Can I reinstall Safari? If I reinstall Safari, how do i ensure the passwords that are saved by Safari are not lost?

I am using OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 on rMBP 15″ 2014 model.


texts:
I want to install a fresh copy of OSX onto my Retina MBP, next to the one that it came preinstalled with.

I have created a 2nd partition using Disk Utility ready for the install, but have now found out that i have to do 'internet recovery' just to get a copy of Mountain Lion onto my machine.

Just to be clear - i dont want to backup using Time Machine then restore onto a new installation.  I just want a clean, fresh installation of Mountain Lion, separate from my current one.

Can 'Internet Recovery' install to a 2nd partition? or would it hose my default one in the process?

By using Disk Utility to re-partition the SSD, have i blown away the recovery partition that is apparently hidden away on the disk when it comes out of the factory? (when i hold down the option key on boot, it gives me the option to boot into recovery so i assume its still there?)

What is the best way to create a fresh copy of OSX alongside the default one?

If have read that the App Store Mountain Lion is different from the pre-installed Retina one - is this still the case?  and if i did download it, would i have to pay for it?


texts: How does AirPrint (on iOS) decide what printer settings to use, and can I change them?

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I just got my first proper AirPrint printer (the Canon PIXMA 7120).

Like all printers, it has a ton of different settings for print quality, etc, and when you print from OSX, you get a print dialogue that lets you select things like

Quality
Media type
Paper source
Etc.

But when printing from iOS native apps (I was using "Photos") the only choice I got was to select the AirPrint printer to print to.

When I printed, either iOS or the printer seems to have decided to use the tray that's dedicated to (4x6 or 5x7) photos, and to print in (high) photo quality, and spat out a beautiful print.

It seems possible that it makes assumptions based on the app you start from ("Photos" is probably sending a picture, while "Pages" more likely has a doc.

So, my questions is:

How does it decide what settings to use, and can I change them?

I might want it to print an 8X10 photo, or a pages doc on photo paper, etc.


texts: Can I preview iPhone photos on my MacBook display before actually importing?

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Background

I just took a ton of photos on my iPhone 6 in order to capture a few good ones (I'm a lousy photographer I suppose).

My MacBook Air has been chronically short of disk space for years (I'm a lousy system manager I suppose).

Question

I'd like to preview images on the large screen of my MacBook one at a time before deciding which to import to my laptop and which to delete on the phone without importing. Is this possible?

Alternately, if I import say a group of photos at a time to my laptop, then delete the ones I don't want, can I simultaneously delete the originals on my iPhone from my MacBook? Does the Photos application have a "double-delete" or "delete here and on IOS device also" feature?

I just want to do this locally using the USB connection, "sans cloude".

There is a slider for the preview images but maxed out they are still only thumbnail size, and the differences I'm looking for require a full screen mode.


texts: MagSafe Power Cord soldering with Power Brick

texts: How can I solder power cord back as it was? Has anyone else had the same problem? I know that Apple hardware and peripherals are very hard to "open up", so maybe some of you know some tricks about it. My power adapter looks like this:


texts: Why does my Mac Pro think it has another display connected?

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I just bought an Apple NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT for my 1st gen Mac Pro. It now has a weird issue where it thinks there's another display connected, but there isn't.

System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement:

The top display is an actual connected display and the bottom one is a virtual one that the computer thinks is there. It's driving me nuts, because there will always be a side of my screen where my cursor will go out into the void and get lost. Is there any solution to this problem?


texts: Is it possible to set the unlock passcode with configurator profiles?

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I'm managing a half dozen devices with Configurator. I'd like to set the unlock passcode on all of the devices to friend. Is this possible using profiles or some other method in Configurator? If so, how?

I can't seem to figure out how, and my Google-Fu isn't giving me answers (too many wifi answers).


texts: Java application won't force quit, prevents shutdown

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I think there might be an issue on El Capitan with Java applications force quitting, because I've seen multiple people talk about similar problems to this with no actual solutions presented.

I've been writing applications in eclipse, and one application of mine occasionally has an issue where the program ends, yet the java icon stays in the dock.

I can right-click the icon and tell it to Force Quit, but this has no effect. If I open the force quit window with command-option-escape, the application shows up, but again, force quitting does nothing. The application does not show up in Activity Monitor, so I can't end the process.

Shut-down is impossible while this application remains open. I have to force shutdown and reboot in order to get rid of this program.

I can run "killall Dock" from Terminal, which makes the application disappear from the dock... BUT, the application still shows up in the force quit window, and it still cannot be force quit from there. Furthermore, a terminal-looking window labeled "java" appears after running this command. This new application cannot be force quit through right-click, does NOT show up in the force quit window, and doesn't show up in Activity Monitor either. Shutting down normally is still impossible.

I've seen various other topics where people had this issue with certain java programs under El Capitan, but most had very little detail, and none had a true fix to the issue.

Does anyone know why this happens? How to prevent it from happening in my programs? How to truly force quit applications like these?


texts: Software Recommendation for iOS app to wake Ubuntu computer with MAC Address

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I have an Ubuntu media server set up. Currently, I can only wake it up remotely from a Terminal command on my Macbook Pro:

  alias wakeserver="cd ; ~/bin/wakeonlan -f ServerMACAddress.txt ; cd -;"

This works perfectly and starts up my server every time.

Is there an iOS app (preferably free) that will allow me to enter in the Ubuntu server's MAC Address and then wake up the server from the iOS Device?