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I've had a referenced library of photos in Aperture for years, but after moving to Photos (2.0 on Sierra), I wanted to consolidate them so they could be on iCloud Photo Library along with the photos I take on my iPhone, etc. The referenced photos are stored on my home network file server (just a little box running FreeNAS that I use for Time Machine and my photos). I already have about 34,000 photos in iCloud Photo Library, so I created a new account on my Mac, took my newly converted Aperture library and opened it in Photos and then enabled iCloud Photo Library.

Naturally, the 110k photos that are referenced weren't added to iCloud, so I clicked the consolidate menu option. That began a week long (ongoing process) that goes like this: every 5-30 minutes, Photos pops up asking for permission to access one of the folders in the referenced library (which has Year/Month/Day subfolders). I click approve. Occasionally, it finds an image it can't locate, I show it where it is and most of the time it returns an error. The rest of the time, it keeps moving along, but at a snail's pace: after a week, it has consolidated about 4,000 of the 110,000 photos. This is not a problem with the NAS, which is fully capable of keeping up with a gigabit ethernet connection.

The little progress circle is stuck in the same position. When I click on it, it says "Reconnecting Referenced Media" and the progress bar has literally remained unmoved for days at about 1/3 of the way. Photos crashed, I restarted it and it resumed at that same point.

This leads me to a general and a specific question: generally, is there something I'm doing incorrectly that would lead Photos to running at an almost hopelessly slow speed consolidating this library? Specifically, is there a way to grant blanket permission to Photos to access the referenced photos' folders so it doesn't keep stopping to ask permission for seemingly every single folder?


texts: Is it possible to record Voice Memos on Apple Watch while on an iPhone call?

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Is it possible to be on a speakerphone call with my iPhone and then use the Voice Memos app on the Apple Watch to record the conversation? I'm not thinking that the Apple Watch would have access to the iPhone's mic or anything sophisticated like that… just record the audio coming from the iPhone's speaker and the audio coming from my mouth.
I tried to launch Voice Memos on my iPhone during a call. Unsurprisingly, the mic was blocked while the call was active. It feels like an Appley thing to also block Voice Memos on the Apple Watch during a call. I don't have an Apple Watch… otherwise I'd be testing this on my own.
And yes, I know there are other methods of recording calls (via apps that intercept calls and other similar services, jailbreaking, and even just getting a pocket recorder thing), but I'm already interested in an Apple Watch, and this functionality would be icing on the cake.

The backstory, if you're interested: I'm rearranging some personal finance stuff and much of the phone conversations I have with financial advisors goes right over my head (i.e. rapid-fire jargon, acronyms, and calculations). My hand written notes can't keep up! It would be great if I could just record the call so that I can research terminology and go over the calculations later. Not trying to do anything nefarious here… I would, of course, inform the person on the other line that I would be recording.


texts: Purchased music keeps appearing (iPhone 5, iOS 7.1)

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I have downloaded music directly from iTunes onto my iPhone from the app. The problem is some of the songs I don't want on my iPhone and I just do not have the space for it, and I would like to add different music to my iPhone. The problem is I have "show all music" unchecked, I also have "automatically download music" unchecked, as well as pretty much every answer that has been given online to resolve this problem. I don't use iCloud or iTunes match.

I even closed the music by going to general > usage > music and deleting all of the data. That still didn't work. I even factory reset my phone, and once I sync my phone the purchased music will completely sync back onto my phone. I know it is only the purchased music, but seeing as I only have a 16GB iPhone, I absolutely NEED more space, and it is killing me that the only way to get rid of it is to manually delete each of the 500 individual songs by swiping left on the iPhone.

If anyone can help me I would really really appreciate it. I've spent countless hours being frustrated by my phone trying to get this music off in order to have space to add new music.


texts: How to find users not in *any* groups in WGM?

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In Workgroup Manager (Mountain Lion, but really any version), how can you get it to show all users who do not belong to a group?

Can't use the "by Group ID" thing in the Advanced Search, because that's just trying to match actual groups against your search term, not users who belong to groups.

Any ideas?
Thanks!


texts: Docker & OSX's guest Windows 10 Pro "doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory"

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I have macOS 10.12.3 and Windows 10 Pro running under Parallels. I try to install Docker to Windows 10. I could not install Docker for Windows rather Docker Toolbox (no idea why) but in installing the Docker Toolbox

"This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory"

and according to older threads, getting Docker to work may not work with VirtualBox because of lacking nested virtualisation support (this may be old).
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe --version,(default) DBG |
 STDOUT:
,(default) DBG |
 {,(default) DBG |
 5.1.20r114628,(default) DBG |
 },(default) DBG |
 STDERR:
,(default) DBG |
 {,(default) DBG |
 },(default) DBG |
 Hyper-V is not installed.,(default) DBG |
 %!(EXTRA *exec.Error=exec:
 "vmms.exe":
 executable file not found in %PATH%)COMMAND:
 wmic cpu get VirtualizationFirmwareEnabled,(default) DBG |
 STDOUT:
,(default) DBG |
 {,(default) DBG |
 VirtualizationFirmwareEnabled ,(default) DBG |
 FALSE ,(default) DBG |
 ,(default) DBG |
 },Error with pre-create check:
 "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory",open
C:\Users\user2.user\.docker\machine\machines\default\default\Logs\VBox.log:
 The system cannot find the path specified.,notifying bugsnag:
 [Error with pre-create check:
 "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory"],bugsnag.Notify:
 [bugsnag/payload.deliver:
 Post https:
//notify.bugsnag.com/:
 dial tcp:
 lookup notify.bugsnag.com:
 getaddrinfow:
 No such host is known.],

where notice that "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory" and "Hyper-V is not installed.".
How can I get Docker working in Windows 10 Pro with the host OSX and Windows 10 virtualised in Parallel software of OSX?
Older threads with different setup ands some tips

https://superuser.com/questions/1138980/this-computer-doesnt-have-vt-x-amd-v-enabled-enabling-it-in-the-bios-is-mandat

Hyper-V in Windows 10 on MacBook Pro

Instead of using BootCamp, use a virtualization system running on macOS such as VMware Fusion, Parallels, etc. You can use nested virtualization to run the Docker containers using Hyper-V on Windows that way.

Parallels settings (running Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac, version 12.2.0)
I cannot see anything about enabling nested virtualisation.


texts: Can Apple's Notes handle pictures pasted from Clipboard?

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I was viewing an article and taking random screenshots from interesting parts and pasting them in Notes. Today I open Notes and the pictures are gone, and Notes crashes if I try to select the missing pictures. (Their area is still there taking up space.)

Any idea if this is normal? How can I recover the images?


texts: If iMessage is off, and someone sends a message as iMessage, will she be able to receive it once she turn iMessage on?

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My friend doesn't have an Apple ID so she uses mine sometimes to just download apps. But me and my mom were talking about some really private stuff and we're using iMessage since she's living in another city so we don't have much time to see each other and talk about this. My friend never activated the iMessage feature on her settings, but if she does turn it on she might use my Apple ID right?

My question is, once she turns it on, can she receive those messages me and my mom sent to each other? Assuming that the time while me and my mom were chatting, the iMessage feature on her phone is still off.


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I have noticed big peaks of activity of processes:

mds
mds_stores
lsd
mdworker (multiple processes)

The console loops over two messages from mds:

LaunchServices: Database mapping failed with result -10813, retries = X
LaunchServices: storeXPCRepresentation or url (null) was nil -10813, retrying

I tried to reset Spotlight via mdutil, following https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/191503/204565. The first step kills the processes using the CPU, but after following all the steps, the problem came back (not only the CPU usage which would seem normal when reindexing the system, but the errors in the console failure messages too).

I saw https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8158217 but unlike him, my Time Machine saves seem to work.

My computer is a MacBook Pro mid-2012. I changed the HDD to a Samsung 850 EVO some time ago (more than 3 years).

I also noticed that the modification date of some folders doesn't make any sense.

At some point, I noticed failures of lsd:

*** CSStore corruption detected (2). ffff6d74 54 4ce74318 3

I looked at the console during a backup and backupd shows the same messages as mds (1. and 2.)

Even after sudo mdutil -a -i off, which solves the CPU usage problem, symptomsd logs 1. and 2..


texts: I am running a MacBook Pro 15", system 10.12.3. My incoming email doesn't come in, but outgoing is no problem. Mobile devices, iPhone, iPad, use same email and have no problem. Settings are the same on all devices. I tried to replace Apple mail, but get the message that it cannot be done because it is needed by the system. Any ideas?


texts: How to tell the maximum speed of copying a file using Finder or cp or rsync?

texts:
I got a Samsung T7 SSD drive knowing that it can handle 1GB/s read or write, but if I used

rsync -a --progress --stats --human-readable file1.m4v /Volumes/T7/file1.m4v

to tell the speed of copying a file, it only can go up to 180MB/s or at most 220MB/s (and cp feels slow as well).  But if I open up two Finder windows and drag and drop the file over, it really feels like 5 seconds to copy a 5GB iTunes movie file. (I then used a stopwatch to find out copying 16.5GB needed about 19 seconds).

(I think why the UI drag and drop can copy so much faster is due to rsync or cp using one processor core, and it is limited to one core's speed.)

So if I use the UI's drag and drop way of copying, is there a way to tell the copy speed? Or alternatively, if I use any command in Bash, can it copy a file at the maximum speed of the SSD and be able to tell the speed?


texts: How to sync playlists from old phone to new laptop?

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We just got a new MacBook Air and I'm trying to get playlists transferred off an old phone. I connected the phone to the laptop with a cable but it's not showing up in Music, nor is it acknowledged in anyway.
The phone no longer has a sim card but that shouldn't matter.
What do I need to do to get the playlists on to the laptop?
--- Edit ---
So the phone is now showing up. We have an Apple Music subscription. The phone went through a sync process, but the playlists still only show on the phone and not on the laptop.
Thoughts?
Thanks


texts: I just downloaded OS7 to my iphone. To back it up on itunes it needs itunes 11.1. It wont download to my computer because I'm still running 10.5.8. If I upgrade to Snow Leopard or Lion I need to know that my old Photoshop 11.0/CS4 will still work.


texts:
There is an app that can do screenshots in MacOSX Lion, what's the name?

It comes from the OS, not a 3rd party app.


texts: Using different Apple IDs for device and iTunes Store

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Is it possible to have one Apple ID for a device, and a different Apple ID for the iTunes Store on the same device?

In Settings, where do I find the Apple ID entry for the iTunes store?


texts:
I finally made the jump and got a MacBook, and I'm trying to move in. I have the OSX port of gedit installed, but I'm having trouble adding it to my PATH. My current PATH looks like this:

export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/Applications/gedit.app/Contents/MacOS/gedit:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH

as per a comment here.


texts: codesign reports invalid Info.plist on an app dl'ed from the internet. Has the app been possibly compromised?

texts:
I downloaded an app from github (mac2imgur), and it refused to run.

$ codesign -vv mac2imgur.app
mac2imgur.app: invalid Info.plist (plist or signature have been modified)
In architecture: x86_64

It seems unlikely the developer uploaded something with a bad signature.

Is this a red flag that the app may have been compromised and reuploaded?


texts: Stop process from preventing sleep on OS X

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I run a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.11. I've noticed the machine hasn't slept well last night. There were events logged every couple of seconds in system.log throughout the entire night that the lid was closed.

I think it might be that two processes are preventing sleep while on A/C.

# pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
[...]
sleep                10 (sleep prevented by UserEventAgent, UserEventAgent)

Can I stop these processes (or any other process) from preventing sleep?


texts: editing a sqllite database from the command line within an iPad

texts: I'm running a technical demo - it requires altering a SQLite database on an jailbroken iPad.  At the moment I'm pulling the database off via SCP and altering it with a GUI I have lying around, (very new to SQLite).  This takes time so ideally I'd like to be able to alter the SQLite database from the command line within the iPad - any recommendations for how that might work out?


texts: How can I stream all audio from my Mac to my Android phone?

texts: I'm sick of switching my headphone jack from my Mac to phone and vice versa. Is there any way to stream all audio playing on my Mac to my Android phone, so I can hear any audio from either my Mac or my phone through the same pair of headphones, at the same time?


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Im trying to bring up the OS X shutdown dialogue box by simulating the key press Control+F12 for 2 seconds (using a logitech keyboard). No matter how much I try I just can not get it to work.

My latest script looks like this:

on run
    tell application "System Events"
        key down {key code 111 , key code 59}
        delay 2.0
        key up {key code 111 , key code 59}
    end tell
end run

This should work and does work if I press Control+F12 for 2 seconds on my keyboard, so can someone tell my why it doesn't work when called via applescript?


texts: From reading some comments, it looks like OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" Beta 3 breaks some aspects of Java that work in Beta 2. Is there a way to skip Beta 3, but still be notified when Beta 4 comes out, i.e. not opt out of the beta program?


texts: Lost ability to choose 3440x1440 resolution after Yosemite upgrade

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I have an LG 34UM95 connected via TB on a Late 2012 mac mini.

After the Yosemite install, I no longer have the option of choosing 3440x1440 resolution in the Displays preferences.  It worked just fine prior to the upgrade.

I did do the Option->Scaled bit to see the extended list of  choices, but nothing higher than 2560x1080 shows up.

Can I get my 3440x1440 resolution back?

EDIT: my colorsync profile...

EDIT 2
I just upgraded from 10.10 to 10.10.2.  Resolution stayed the same! Woot!!  So, either the new update fixed the issue, or it  didn't touch the graphics extension.


texts: Macbook Pro Retina 13" performance for designers

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I am a designer and I use an iMac 27" late 2009 with Intel i5, ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB and 12 GB of RAM.

I will start traveling a lot, so I need a 'secondary computer' and I am considering a Macbook Pro Retina 13" [i5 2.4ghz, 8gb, 256gb], but I am afraid of the performance compared to my iMac.

So, my question is...

The Macbook Pro Retina 13" performance is good enough for front-end designers?

I usualy use Photoshop, some code editor, localhost server, Spotify and Chrome at the same time. Will I have some delays or it will handle okay?

Thanks.


texts: Keyboard Shortcut for moving left/right a space doesn't work

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After going to:

Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Mission Control

I am able to assign a keyboard shortcut to move left/right a space. However pressing shortcut I assigned does not activate the command. I have tried other keys which are not binded to any other system commands and they do not work as well. Other shortcut are fine

Any ideas on how to fix this?

I am running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1.


texts: Is it possible to change/add the icon of an app without submitting a new binary?

texts: I had created a build with a friend's Mac, which I no longer have access to. Now, the last hurdle I have to overcome before my app is released is to create a unique app icon, but I'm not sure if you can do this without a Mac to create a new binary. Is it possible to do this from App Store Connect alone?


texts: Are Boot Camp drivers for thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet available?

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I have a Retina MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion and Boot Camp with Windows 7 and the Boot Camp 4.0 drivers. I'm also using the Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter.

My problem is that my ethernet port (aka wired connection) is not available in Windows' Control Panel > Network & Internet > Network Connections. Only Bluetooth and Wireless are available. When I try to set up a connection, the only options are wireless and Broadband (PPPoE).

Do I need to download a specific driver to get ethernet working?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I mount ejected external USB flash storage?

So, I plugged a USB drive.
Then ejected it.

But it's still connected to my machine.
is there a way to force a re-connect and avoid having to plug it out and plug it in again?

Same goes to a password protected volume on my SSD or HD. It asks me for a password. I cancel. As a result the volume is not mounted. Is there any way to force it to ask me again without rebooting?


texts: How to backup iPhone without first deleting all data?

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So I bought a new iPhone 5 64GB and I enabled iCloud backup. For a while now it has not been able to backup my iPhone, since the 5GB of iCloud storage quickly ran out. I didn't feel like upgrading my storage plan, since there's anyway no storage plan that is able to backup 64GB. So I decided to store the backups on my computer.

I connect my iPhone to my Mac and iTunes 11 opens up. Nothing is where it used to be and when I finally find my iPhone in the top right corner I'm presented with two options:

Set up as new iPhone
Restore from the backup of ...

(My itunes is in Swedish, so this is what I think it would say in English.)

So whatever I choose I lose all my data, which is really stupid, since the point of doing backups is to not lose data.

Is there any way to backup my iPhone without first deleting all data?

Note:
This question seems similar, but it's for iTunes 10:
How to set up new iPhone without deleting its data?


texts: How to create a Dynamic chart in Numbers to change dates based on cell

texts: I would like to create a chart in Numbers that can dynamically change date ranges depending on different start and end dates set in start and end cells (or drop downs). This is for the purpose of charting stock prices 1 month, 3 Month, YTD etc. Excel allows for this - does Numbers?


texts: Big sur 11.2.2 very lagging on 2019 Macbook Pro

texts: I have a late 2019 macbook pro (the base model). I've been running Catalina until yesterday when I upgraded to Big Sur 11.2.2. It's noticeably laggy. Has anyone experienced this? I'm not sure if 11.2.1 was laggy, so I was considering downgrading. Does anyone know how I can downgrade to 11.2.1, and possibly back to Catalina?


texts: How to solve the "overscan" issue if the iMac is connected to an HDTV and using BootCamp and Windows 7?

texts:
This question is related to both iMac and Windows, but since it is happening on an iMac 27 inch model, so I hope posting in the Apple forum is more relevant.

Basically, when an iMac is connected to an HDTV, part of the screen is missing near the margin (about 3% to 5%).  If running Mac OS X, the issue can be solved by using "underscan" in the System Preferences.  But what if the iMac is running Windows 7, can a similar solution be used?  (I don't see such options for the graphics card...).

(The solution of the iMac if running OS X is: How to solve Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Overscan problem? (Part of the screen is missing) )


texts: How do I change the phone number ID on iMessage on iPad?

texts:
I get messages on my iPad from my wife's iPhone but not mine.
On messages, her number is listed as an ID but I can't change it to mine. How do I change it?


texts: How do I auto-mount a SMB share on OS X 10.8?

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How do I auto-mount a SMB share on OS X ?

I know how to mount it using GUI: Cmd-K on Finder but I want a solution that would restore them after reboot/relogin.

This questions applies to latest OS X, 10.8


texts: Upgraded 10.9.1 to 10.9.2 now SD cards not recognized

texts: On early 2011 MacBook Pro 15inch -- I use the SD card slot a lot. Suddenly after the upgrade to 10.9.2 (for security reasons), now inserting an SD card gets no reaction, instead of showing an icon on the desktop for the new mounted volume.


texts: How can I get notifications to pop up in my active display?

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I have an MBA running Yosemite. Apps like Mail, messages, calendar, and FaceTime have 'banner' notifications that pop up in my laptop's built-in display but they don't pop up on my external monitor that's plugged in via a thunderbolt adapter.

How can I get notifications to display on my active display?

Is this even possible or a feature that is yet to be implemented by Apple?


texts:
I own a Mac Mini 3.1 with Snow Leopard installed. I would like to dual boot with Lion for development purposes.

I have partitioned my hardisk as described in Point (1) in this tutorial

How to Install Dual Boot Mac OSX Lion and Snow Leopard

Can I now buy and download Lion from the apple store and then install it on the new partition?


texts: How do I replace the default fonts and their minimum font sizes in Safari?

texts:
I'm using Safari 10.0 on macOS Sierra.
I want to replace all the four default fonts in Safari - standard, fixed, serif and sans-serif.
I've tried looking for a .plist file that contains the information of the default fonts but haven't found it yet.
Please help.


texts: On macOS 10.15.3, App Store crashes upon clicking the account icon

texts:
When my system was 10.15.2, the App Store's functions worked well. However, after I upgraded to 10.15.3

Open App Store
Click my account icon
App Store crashed and show error message


texts: How can I format-erase my main disk through single user mode?

texts:
I cannot log into my computer anymore and internet recovery is extremely slow, how can i delete the partition and recover to factory stage with single user mode?
Also would erasing it recover my macos to Sierra? I am having troubles with Catalina right now but I am failing to boot my pc.

I did apple diagnostic test but there were no flaws.


texts: Is it possible to save a file received by e-mail to a folder on iDisk ? Watch out : The context is : web browsing on my MobileMe account.


texts: How to switch tabs in Safari with mouse gesture?

texts: In Safari, how to switch tabs using mouse gesture? I try to use the BetterTouchTool, since there's no shortcut to switch tabs, I have no idea how to config in BetterTouchTool too.


texts:
I installed a new Apple battery in my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) myself (bought the battery new from iFixIt).

Installation worked great, extra 4 hours of battery life - fantastic.

Then I decided to get all smarty-pants and "recalibrate the battery".  I let the battery run empty, and the system entered "deep sleep"/"hibernation" mode as expected.

THEN I broke it when I did an SMC reset, as found here.

Ever since the SMC reset, when my battery meter in the menu bar gets to ~9%, the system completely shuts off without warning.  No hibernation, nothing - complete power off.

Can anyone tell me how to get the system to properly recognize that the battery is almost dead, so it enters deep-sleep as it used to?

Things I've tried: Resetting SMC again, running battery dead and charging back to full.
Battery Charge Cycle counts looks normal; here are possibly relevant specs form system profiler:

Battery Info > Charge Information:

Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5683
Health Information:
Cycle Count:    100
Condition:  Normal

System Power Settings > Battery

Hibernate Mode: 7
Reduce Brightness:  Yes
Standby Delay:  4200
Standby Enabled:    0


texts: Ability to add non-SMS non-Apple 2FA to an Apple ID?

texts:
I would like to add non-SMS, non-Apple multi-factor authentication to my Apple ID.

Specifically the "code generator"-type Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) based on RFC 6238 implemented by client apps such as:

Google Authenticator
Microsoft Authenticator
Yubico Authenticator
Authy
1Password
LastPass
etc.

I do not see any such option. Is this type of authentication available for Apple ID?
I am also interested in adding YubiKey or other similar non-SMS hardware or software multi-factor solutions.

Note: I am able to add Apple's proprietary "two-factor authentication for Apple ID" integrated within iOS and macOS as an alternative to SMS-based "two-step verification". This question is asking instead for a 3rd-party-compatible two-factor mechanism that does not involve using an Apple device signed in to iCloud.

Related:

Does TOTP in 1Password work with Apple ID?

Developer Apple ID’s to Require Two-Factor Authentication


texts: New smart folder renamed "All My Files" folder. How to revert?

texts:
I created a new Smart Folder with the Kind is Document filter. I then sorted by Date Last Opened and saved the search as Recents.

It seems like doing so has overwritten the default "All My Files" folder:

Q: How do I revert this?

It looks like the smart folder distributed with macOS is located at /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch.

In Finder it's shown as Recents, even though the file on disk is called myDocuments.cannedSearch.

I can't rename this through Finder:

Opening myDocuments.cannedSearch in TextMate allows me to view the .strings files, which contain the CFBundleDisplayName key with "Recents" as the value:

It looks like macOS has also translated this:

[

I don't really know where to look now to make this change in a way that won't break Finder.


texts: What is the significance of the aliases field in the user preferences?

texts:
Under:

System Preferences > Users & Groups > Advanced Options > Aliases:

There are 2 lines. One is my Apple ID. The second is in the form

com.apple.idms.GUID

What is the significance of these fields?

I do not have my Apple ID set to login my computer.


texts: How to install Widevine CDM with Chromium on macOS?

texts:
I have just built the binary for Chromium. I am looking to install widevine. How might I do that?

I have only found tutroials for linux https://github.com/proprietary/chromium-widevine.


texts: How to bring back a Time Machine backup to only the latest file versions?

texts:
I have an external disk of 2TB which is fully loaded with all versions of my backup files, saved by TimeMachine. I want to bring that back to a collection of backup files containing only the latest version of each; all older versions of all 'involved' files (files which have been altered by the system or by me) may be deleted.

It's not a solution to make a new backup of my current system, because the 2TB was produced using OSX El Capitan and I did a clean install of Sierra on the same hardware.

How can I compress the TM backup of 2TB to in fact the size of my previous (El Capitan) system?

Btw, main goal of this all is to save (external) disk space.


texts: Do I need to be concerned with timezones when creating events in my iCloud calendar?

texts:
I live in California, and I need to enter over 20 events onto my calendar. These events are taking place on the east coast of the United States, which is where I will be during the events. How do I enter these events on my iPhone (to my iCloud calendar) so that the events list the correct times?

If I create an event beginning at 8pm and ending at 10pm for example, I do not want the event time to be shifted by three hours (going from PDT to EDT) when I travel. Since I am managing about 20 events on the calendar, it would be a hugely unpleasant task to update all of the events by hand.

For this example event going from 8pm to 10pm, do I:

enter the event on my calendar as 8pm-10pm while in California
enter the event on my calendar as 5pm-7pm (which would be the local time in California of an event 8pm-10pm on the east coast using daylight saving time)
locate or change a setting on my iPhone that makes calendar events disregard timezones
do something else?


texts:
I'm going to describe the symptoms I'm seeing, diagnostic steps I've taken, then give the hardware configuration below. I would love to have any suggestions on how to fix this, or where to take my investigation next.

When the laptop starts "cold", i.e. it has not been used for a few hours, it is just fine
After a few hours of use (3 or 4), it will hard reboot itself. No error messages visible, no kernel panics found in the logs, as far as I can see.
After that, the hard reboots come more and more frequently
It appears that the machine stays on indefinitely if not used

UPDATED SYMPTOMS
Having charged the computer with an appropriate charger, the computer seems able to sustain more life and longer downloads. However, now the computer is experiencing screen glitching, especially related to vibration.

Diagnostic steps

Suspecting this to be a temperature issue, I installed Fanny and put the laptop on ice (literally, on ice). Even with CPU temperature consistently below 50C, it still would reboot frequently.
Looking at the Console application, no messages about "kernel" "panic" "restart" or the like.
Booting into Ubuntu from an external USB drive has the computer working just fine, even if it gets hot.

Hypotheses

Either a software problem under macos; or
An issue with the harddrive (or possibly some other hardware that ubuntu isn't activating)

Hardware configuration

Macbook Pro (Mid 2014), 15.4 inch, 2.5 GHz, 16 Gb ram
Sierra 10.12.6 (Multiple upgrades over original).

System.log

System.log only has entries mentioning shutdown at times corresponding to intentional shutdowns. Nothing for these hard reboots.

However, right before one of the hard reboots there's this:

Aug 26 23:39:53 Marcins-MBP-2 filecoordinationd[381]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_MACHPORT] monitored resource vanished before the source
 cancel handler was invoked
Aug 26 23:39:53 Marcins-MBP-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemor
yLimit
Aug 26 23:39:54 Marcins-MBP-2 gamed[964]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_MACHPORT] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked
Aug 26 23:40:13 Marcins-MBP-2 hidd[116]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_MACHPORT] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked
Aug 26 23:40:31 Marcins-MBP-2 Console[324]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_MACHPORT] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked
Aug 26 23:40:46 Marcins-MBP-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Aug 26 23:40:46 Marcins-MBP-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imtranscoding.IMTranscoderAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamPriority
Aug 26 23:40:46 Marcins-MBP-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imtranscoding.IMTranscoderAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Aug 26 23:40:46 Marcins-MBP-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imdmessageservices.IMDMessageServicesAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Aug 26 23:40:54 Marcins-MBP-2 Dock[326]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_MACHPORT] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked

Apple Hardware Test

The only information it gives is that I have the wrong wattage of power adapter

Resolution

I got the HDD and logic board replaced by Apple. The computer works now.


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My computer running El Capitan (10.11.6) keeps resetting the apps used to open particular file extensions. For instance, it randomly sets PDFs to open with Acrobat Reader instead of Preview no matter how many times I've used the 'Open with' menu to set the app I want. Strangely, when I right-click and go expand the 'Open with' menu, Preview doesn't even show up in the list – I have to choose other and browse for it.

Possibly related: I've long used the Terminal to launch apps, using open -a 'name of app'. That's also stopped working for certain apps. If I for instance try to open -a 'ia writer classic' it tells me Unable to find application named 'ia writer classic'. If I then launch IA Writer from the Launchpad, close it, and try the command in the Terminal again, it works. At least for a while...

Any clues as to what might be going on would be very helpful!


texts: For no apparent reason my Mac mini keyboard has just changed its placement of symbols: For example, whenever I type Shift+2, expecting the @ symbol to appear, I get a " character instead. Language has always been set to British. Nothing to my knowledge has been changed. I am using OSX Yosemite version 10.10.5. How do I get my keyboard back to how it was please?


texts:
What screwdriver size is needed for MacBook Pro mid 2012 back cover?

According to iFixit's teardown the Philips #00 should be used for the "lower case". Is the lower case a synonym for the "back cover"?


texts: Is there an easy way to unsubscribe from a "Sign in with Apple" login

texts:
I use the "Sign in with Apple" feature a lot because it allows you to hide your email from the app/website you use it on, and also generates a unique email for each app or website. Theoretically this protects your email and also allows you to easily completely drop communication an app or website by invalidating the unique email.
How can I completely stop an app or website from emailing me when I have used "Sign in with Apple?" I would specifically like to avoid using the "unsubscribe" option provided from the website itself—I want to remove communication from this company on a more nuclear and complete level. In other words, I want to disable the unique email and cut communication off completely.
One option would be to block all emails that are sent to the unique address using an email filter. However, this seems like more of a workaround rather than a solution. Has Apple ever provided a way to easily stop communication from an app or website that uses "Sign in with Apple?"


texts: Stop flagged messages in inactive accounts from contributing to Flagged counter

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I have two accounts set up in Mail 6.2. Most of the time I disable one of them (my personal account) to avoid being distracted at work.

Strangely, the number of "Flagged" messages includes messages from disabled accounts.

Perhaps this is useful for someone, but it's unwanted behaviour for me. Anyone know how/if I can stop this happening?


texts: Why does iTunes 12.1 keep deleting podcasts I've downloaded but not listened to?

texts: I have had this happen many times in the past few months. I spend quite a bit of time downloading all the episodes of a podcast so I can listen to them in my own time. Then when I refresh my podcast list to download my daily podcasts all of a sudden it will refresh and all my downloaded podcasts will disappear! It's very frustrating. Is there a way to get back the episodes I've "lost" and how can I stop it from happening again?


texts: How can i restore the info.plist files of Safari?

texts: I accidentally edited the info.plist file of Safari and now Safari does not start up giving the error "quit unexpectedly". How can i restore this file?


texts: How do I get QuickTime to store temporary recordings on another drive?

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When you do a movie recording or screen recording, QuickTime stores the in-progress recordings in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information.

On my machine, I have a fast SSD mounted on /Volumes/SSD but a slow platter drive on /. I'd like to send the autosave files to the SSD. With professional programs like Premiere, you can just set the scratch location, but with QuickTime it seems impossible. However, I really like QuickTime's screen recording feature and would like to use it with my fast SSD.

I tried to ln -s the Autosave directory to point at my SSD, but QuickTime errors out with an "unknown" error after that.


texts: My app is not in ranking in App Store for added keywords

texts:
I launched my app on the App Store a couple days ago. It is not showing in the ranking for the added keywords.

Is there a reason for that?

My app name contains to do list words.


texts: Having archived applications on MacOS. How to tell OS to ignore them?

texts:
So I have a folder of applications that I don't use but I might need in the future.

However, these applications, even on a secondary or external disk, in any folder, will prompt MacOS to scan and offer all kinds of services for one, and two open them if there are files that could be associated with them.

I just want them to stand aside. I currently have them in a hidden folder and they seem to still popup.

Spotlight index has been set to ignore them several time. Still occurs.


texts: Suppress sound for other logged in users?

texts:
If I have two users logged in, the desktop is only shown for the active user, but the sounds from apps on the inactive user's session are still heard.

I want to not hear those sounds. What should I do?

I haven't been able to find this by searching on Google.


texts: Why does my Gmail signature on my iphone default to my gmail app on my ipad

texts: I just realized that I sent an email from my g-mail app on my iPad signed "sent from my iPhone". So I reset my iPad signature to "sent from my iPad".  Guess what? An email Is sent from my iPhone g-mail app was signed "sent from my iPad". Does anybody have a fix aside from just using the signature "sent from my iPhone/iPad"?


texts: I have a zip file of all Windows XP sounds. Is there a way I can replace the standard OS X sounds with these?


texts: Does migrating to Apple's new Photos app actually double my storage requirements?

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I was using Disk Inventory X to visualize my hard drive storage and help me find some extra space.

It appears that iPhoto Library takes 52.0 GB and Photos Library takes 49.4 GB.
Is this a known issue that moving from iPhoto to Photos duplicated everything or is this just a sym link under the covers?


texts: TrackPad Speed and Mouse Speed - Resets to slow every time

texts:
I ran into this weird situation.

Background: I was trying to shutdown my Mac, but the Mac was waiting on another program asking me to save the file or not. I didn't notice the prompt and closed the laptop. When I opened my Mac again, the Mac was at the same state, waiting for me to respond to the prompt.  Finally, I responded to that prompt and the Mac continued to shutdown.

Issue: After restarting the laptop, there was huge slowness in "Trackpad pointer speed" and "mouse pointer speed". So, I tried to set the tracking speed to fast, but the moment I close the window, it resets to slow. See below.

I tried to delete com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse, so Mac would create a new one, if it had write permissions. The Mac created new files but the issue still persists.
Same case with the case of mouse speed too.

Any help is highly appreciated.


texts: How to fix Run-time error 53 every time I open a document in Word or a worksheet in Excel on Big Sur?

texts:
Since I installed macOS Big Sur, I have run into this problem every time I opened a document using Word or a worksheet using Excel or a slide show in PowerPoint:

Run-time error '53':
File not found: Library/Application
Support/Adobe/MACPDFM/MacPDFM.framework/Versions/A/MacPDFM

This is very annoying, as I have to dismiss this window up to four times in a row every time I open a document on these Microsoft Office applications. I searched everywhere, including the official Microsoft website, macOS tip websites, but the information was incomplete, obsolete and did not offer a practical solution.
Does anyone know how to fix this really annoying problem?


texts: Keep Getting “document cannot be autosaved” using Apple Pages 8.2

texts: I am trying to save a document using Apple Pages version 8.2 on Catalina. Every time I make change and try to save, I keep getting "this document cannot be autosaved" error. It was working just fine, but started acting up today. Has anyone else run into this error?


texts: What's the most complete calendar app for iPhone?

texts:
I (and I think many of you) would like to find an iPhone calendar app that lets the user add an new event by touching the hour (no the day-view mode) and delay an event, instead of needing to enter, edit, change the time and finally save.

Is there such an app?


texts: How can I whitelist applications for users?

texts:
We had few MacBooks where users without admin rights had Parental Control turned on and could open only whitelisted apps. It was working very well and it was everything we needed really.

With macOS 10.15, Catalina, update Parental Control is gone and all we have now is Time Screen which doesn't do anything like Parental Control. All I can do is time limit to (not every) application and I can't whitelist any applications, or set time limit to 0:00.

Is there any other solution to restrict user to use only whitelisted apps?


texts: Installing MongoDB Enterprise on MacOS Catalina Version 10.15.5 (19F101)

texts:
I'm completely new to macOS, I used to use GNU/Linux for more than a decade. Now I want to install the MongoDB Enterprise edition. I downloaded it, unpacked it, but when I want to run the mongo executable file it warns me that:
“mongo” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.

macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware.

Firefox downloaded this file today at 17:58 from www.mongodb.com.

I have two options: Move to Bin and Cancel. Is there any simple way to install it? I know about brew, but as far as I know it only supports Community Edition of the MongoDB.


texts: How to disable iCloud storage of photos?

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I would like to use iCloud only for pictures synchronization, but not for storage (Privacy concerns + too large pictures library - I don't know if Apple's security for pictures storage is that good, plus no desire to pay for additional iCloud storage.).

Currently, most pictures appear to be stored locally on the MBP (not in iCloud), though new pictures snapped on iOS do appear in this list (not reliably, though).

The requirements:

All the iOS devices should show the complete library, and only
download a larger resolution picture on-demand, so as to always keep the maximum amount of storage available.
A picture snapped using any iOS device must be synced to all
other devices, without waiting for a manual synchronization through iTunes.
Only MacBook Pro should be storing the full, high-resolution
pictures and videos locally, but I wouldn't mind if the MacBook also had one. Just wanted to avoid having this older computer having to periodically download such a large amount of data.

The setup:
iOS devices:

iPhone 3GS, iOS 6.1.3
iPhone 5c, iOS 10.3.3
iPad 2, iOS 9.3.5
iPhone 6, iOS 12

Macs:

MacBook, Mac OS OX 10.11.6
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X 10.11.6

NASes:

Synology NAS for backups. HDD-based, it's noisy, so not usually
powered on. I would prefer not to leave it open to the Internet for security reasons.
LaCie Cloudbox, fvdw-sl firmware. Usually powered on. Can take
OwnCloud / NextCloud, but seems too low-powered for this purpose.

Others:

LibreELEC media player based on Raspberry Pi 3. Currently stores a
local copy of iTunes songs on an external SSD. Issue: since it's only
100Mbps connectivity, it is painfully slow to list all files.
Shared web hosting with NextCloud installed.

How do I achieve this goal, considering my setup?
For some reason Apple's terminology in regards to iCloud settings for photos isn't crystal clear to me.

Edited for clarity


texts: 21.5" iMac Mid 2010 Won't Boot from USB to Install High Sierra

texts:
I tried clean installing High Sierra in by making bootable USB. I did the following:

PRAM Reset
Pressed Option Key at the Startup
Choose USB with Install High Sierra from the Drives
The Apple logo screen appears and stays endlessly

I thought the USB might be corrupt so used different USB with light indicator and made bootable version of the High Sierra but same thing happens and after selecting install High Sierra the screen with Apple logo appears endlessly. The USB only lits up during the drive selection time and momentarily after Apple logo appears and then the light of the USB stays off indicating the iMac is not reading the USB.

Is this related to bad motherboard?

Log info as suggested by @At0mic & @Allan


texts: Good Video Editing Software, around $100?

texts:
I'm looking for some Video Editing software that allows me to

Have more than one video track, so I can do Picture-in-Picture, cross-fades etc.
Read AVCHD and AVCHD Lite
Have good options for synchronizing video and audio
Have a few limited options to cut audio and take parts of audio, just so that background tracks can be made to fit
Export into at least one standard format, be it uncompressed so that I can do it later
Compatible with Lion

Usually, Final Cut Pro X would come into mind now, but it's $300. In the Windows world, there's stuff like Pinnacle Systems Studio, but I don't know what's available on a Mac and what doesn't totally "suck" ("Consumer" Products that are limited, naggy and otherwise just a cash grab)


texts: Failed time machine backup: volume not available anymore

texts:
How do I remount my existing backup without loosing the data on the existing backup and why did this happen?

I have a macbook that makes time machine backups to a time capsule.

Now time machine complains that it can't mount the backup volume and do a backup. I checked in finder and still see the network drive mounted for time machine backups in finder. Earlier I changed the admin password for the time capsule, but this shouldn't influence the backup right?

When I go to console.app I get following messages from the backupd service

com.apple.backupd: Starting manual backup
com.apple.backupd: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Short%20TimeCapsule%20Name;AUTH=SRP@Long-Time-Capusle-Name.local/Data
com.apple.backupd: NAConnectToServerSync failed with error: 80 for url: afp://Short%20TimeCapsule%20Name;AUTH=SRP@Long-Time-Capusle-Name.local/Data
com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error: 19


texts: Outlook for Macbook minimizing when writing a new message

texts:
I've got issue that is pretty annoying.
Everytime I create/reply to a message, after few seconds of writing it minimizes and I need to open Outlook desktop app again. It is 2016 version.
It doesn't minimize when I am only browsing messages.
What can be a problem?


texts: Mac is flashing screen when pressing keys

texts:
If I press keys that don't do anything on the focused app then the whole screen flashes white, as if the option to flash the screen on alerts (in accessibility preferences) was on, but it is not.

For example typing this question the screen does not flash, because pressing the keys is doing something, but If I'm on an app where there is no text field that can be focused pressing keys will make the screen flash white.


texts: Why does my iPod Classic cut off the end of certain songs?

texts:
I have an iPod Classic from 2007 (Generation 5.5, 80GB hard drive).

Something that I've been noticing happening more and more is that some songs will play just fine but then at some point they'll just stop. The little time counter will jump to where it appears there is two seconds left in the song. And it will just sit there for several seconds and then then proceed to the next song.

And what I've noticed is that it tends to happen consistently with the songs that are problematic.

I've searched all over to figure out what might be causing this but I haven't had much lock, possibly because the symptoms are so vague ("some songs cut off", etc.)

My music collection, which is always pretty much filling the device, is 100% MP3 from a wide variety of sources (ripped, bought from Napster, etc.) and everything plays fine in Winamp on my PC so it doesn't seem as if the files themselves are completely corrupted.

My guess is that there is something about the files that the iPod is choking on but I can't figure out what that might be. If I'm lucky it's some weird tagging quirk (i.e., can be fixed in the individual files) but I really just don't know, and it seems to be happening on an increasing number of files, including files that played just fine before. Sometimes an entire album or artist will consist of files that cut off.

If this is just some known issue, do the latest iPod Classics (Generation 6, 160GB hard drives) still have this issue? I'm almost hoping that this is a sign of a dying iPod so I can upgrade :)


texts: I have an old Apple TV that I have hooked up to my 4:3 TV, and I would like to have the output from the Apple TV match the ratio of my TV so there isn't any stretching or squishing. It's running the latest firmware 3.0.2.


texts:
I have an iPad that I've been using for 9 months or so already. And I was using it just today (reading an article from the Internet) it accidentally flops (forgive my English) over my chest but when I open it up for reading again it starts to type by itself or at least it will not respond when I touch a button on the screen for example.

I tried to turn it off (by pressing the two buttons) but once It shows the slider to finally turn it off. The slider does not badge at all. So, I forced to cancel the shutting down of my iPad and here it is again going back to typing by itself.

And I was looking in the Internet and lo behold I am not alone. There had already been many case like this and it looks it has no solution at all for the moment.

I am living in an island nation (actually group of islands) called Federated States of Micronesia and we bought it from the mainland (USA) and I know probably some of your suggestions would be to ask for replacement. However, it would take very long if ever I will be allowed to return it to them.

So, my question then is, does anybody has this similar experience or at least from someone that they know of? And is there any possible solution to this one?

It has almost the same problem as this video except that mine does not open an application but keeps on typing by itself when the keyboard is up or it just simply freezes that no matter where I touch on the screen it does not respond except if I press the Home button.

Any good advice will be much appreciated.


texts: How can I turn off internet access for Mac apps

texts:
I'm trying to disable the internet for some apps, specifically Origin because it always requires an update before I can play a game. I tried turning off internet access in the Firewall settings for Security.
I turned off Origin and chrome but both still have internet access. Restarting the computer did not do anything either. I'm still able to access internet sites on Chrome.
Both chrome and Origin are not installed via the App Store.
I'm running MacOS Catalina 10.15.6 and am always using the wifi to connect to the internet. I would like to keep my internet for the rest of the computer.


texts: Is there a way to send a growl notification when an application reaches a certain memory threshold?

texts: I've been noticing that Safari skyrockets in terms of memory usage. I've been getting some results by restarting it, but I'm wondering if there is an app or some easy script to run that would send a growl notification (or some other sort of notification) to inform me that it has reached, let's say 200MB, and then I would know that it might be time to restart it.


texts: Is it possible to set a different ringtone for each line of a dual SIM iPhone?

texts:
I have an iPhone 11 with a nano-SIM and an e-SIM. I've searched the internet but haven't found anything yet. I didn't see any setting about it, and it would seem normal to me to have two different ringtones - one for work and one for personal calls.

Is it possible to have a different ringtone for the two phone lines that I have?


texts:
I have a macbook pro mid 2012 and recently I upgraded it by changing the RAM to 16GB and HDD to 500GB SSD. It was fine for a while but now it lags a lot whenever I play any games or even when I am normally using it. I did Memory and Hard drive test and both of them were fine. I even replaced my RAM because I read it somewhere that I should replace my RAM when these things happen, but still the problem occurs.

While upgrading my Hard drive I cloned my old hard drive and then transferred that to the SSD, I don't know if that's what causing the problem.


texts: Move focus to another display with keyboard

texts:
I'm using Yosemite. I have two external displays with several spaces (I like the idea one app per space).
Sometimes I want to move focus to another display without using a mouse. I have few solutions but they are not ideal.

cmd+F4 Move focus to next or another window in System Preferences - it moves focus but mouse still stays on previous display so moving spaces does not work properly (ctrl+←or→ moves spaces on previous display)
BetterTouchTool can move mouse, but mouse position should be hardcoded. What is more moving a mouse does not cause moving the focus, you should click additionally and it's not always good
ctrl+n can move to n space, but it does not work if space is opened on another screen e.g. if space 1 is focused on display 1 and space 2 is opened on display 2 then pressing ctrl+2 does not move focus, but pressing ctrl+3 and then ctrl+2 does (if space 3 is created on display 2)

Do you have any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to WIFI call through a vpn on IOS?

texts:
So my mobile carrier recently begun supporting WIFI calling for iPhones. After setting it up on my phone, i have found that it does not work at my school. After looking at the protocol list that can be found here I believe that this may be due to the fact that WIFI calling utilizes IKEv2 which is a very popular VPN protocol, my school maybe blocking it, in an attempt to block access to inappropriate websites. I have already tried using VPNs such as hotspot shield and shadowsocks to no avail.

So to summarize my problem: how can i force WIFI calling to utilize my VPN?

As a side note, I have already verified the functionality of WIFI calling by turning my phone on airplane mode at a nearby coffee shop, and it operated without a problem.


texts:
How do I refresh / check new mail in Mail?

By default, I don't see a toolbar button to do so in Mail 5.1 on Lion.


texts: Best way to switch the signed-in iTunes Store account on an iPhone without affecting apps

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S that uses account "B" for iCloud and account "A" for iTunes.
I also have an iTunes installation (on a Windows 7 machine) that is authorized for account A.
I have many apps installed and configured on the iPhone, several of them cost money.

I now wish to switch over to using only iTunes account B on both the iPhone and the iTunes installation.
What is the smoothest way to do this?

I am worried about several aspects, mainly apps:
What will happen to the apps? Will they be erased? Will they keep their settings?
I am not looking to avoid paying, I am fully prepared to pay (on account B) for the apps that cost money. Should I do that on the PC before switching accounts on the iPhone?
Do I have to do anything about the free apps? Will all apps keep updating after switching account?

The FAQs I've read about this action state that it is possible, but not really what will happen to apps and settings:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1311#


texts: Can I tell iPhoto to store photos in one directory within the library?

texts:
When I add photos to iPhoto 11, it copies them into its internal database. This is good, but it creates a bunch of numbered folders. Is there a way for me to tell iPhoto not to do that, and to just use one folder for all the photos?

That way, when I want to access the photos directly, say to upload to Google+, I don't have to collect them from multiple folders.

I could use iPhoto's Export function, but that apparently insists on re-encoding the photos :( This naturally decreases quality and increases file size (if you choose the Maximum quality setting).

Lightroom, for example, gives me control over where the files are actually stored. The storage is still managed by Lightroom, but I can tell it to store all my photos in one directory, in this case.


texts: Why is my 2016 iMac "Beach Balling" a lot after upgrading hardware?

texts:
I purchased this system in January, 2016. It says it is a "Late 2015" model. Apple Care told me it is the last generation compatible with non-matching RAM chip amounts so I left the Apple provided 8gb RAM (two 4gb sticks) in when I added 2 8GB sticks of Crucial RAM that is the EXACT recommended RAM specs! I even checked with Apple Care to be sure. "About this Mac" says "24 GB 1867 MHz DDR3" for "Memory". Anybody have an idea why it's momentarily "beach balling" MORE OFTEN now after adding the RAM?
Prior to adding the ram it was "beach balling" HARD if I ran memory greedy apps like Civ 6 Mac edition so I was forced to hold down the power button then but it ran fine the rest of the time.
To answer the drive type question in the comment, I bought the system with a 1tb non-Fusion HDD as that was the only drive I could afford. (Previous comment was incorrectly based on the 2007 iMac this system replaced.)
As requested the output of "diskutil list" is:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         504.0 GB   disk0s2
3:       Microsoft Basic Data Win 10                  496.0 GB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +504.0 GB   disk1
Physical Store
disk0s2
1:                APFS Volume Macintosh 500GB - Data  133.9 GB   disk1s1
2:                APFS Volume Macintosh 500GB         11.3 GB    disk1s2
3:                APFS Volume Preboot                 78.8 MB    disk1s3
4:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.8 MB   disk1s4
5:                APFS Volume VM                      12.9 GB    disk1s5


texts: Application Firewall is not enabling pfctl

texts:
I have a development environment that uses the Pow webserver. When I initially set it up, it automatically reconfigured the firewall to allow me to connect to my_project_name.dev urls.

Last time I upgraded to macOS Sierra, that stopped working. Every time my MacBook reconnects to the network, I have to run sudo pfctl -f /etc/pf.conf before the firewall rules allow me to access the .dev urls that Pow configured. From what I've read, macOS's Application Firewall is supposed to start pfctl automatically. Why isn't this working? Where should I start looking to troubleshoot this?


texts: Is Chrome Just As "Safe" as Safari with Regards to Passwords?

texts:
I use two browsers: one for personal use (i.e. email, social networking, YouTube, etc.) and one for professional/school (i.e. developing, school links, school-related searches, etc.). I recently stopped using Firefox as I was tired of the lag and slowness and replaced Firefox with Chrome. I have a 2012 MacBook Pro and it has made a world of difference in my browsing experience. I've noticed that Chrome is heaps faster and more responsive.

I did some quick searching and discovered that Chrome for Mac uses the keychain on your Mac for storing/saving/remembering passwords. Does this mean having Chrome remember my passwords is just as "safe" as Safari (which presumably uses the keychain as well)?


texts: Vimperator Style Extension for Safari 5?

texts: Do we have a Vimperator style extension for Safari 5?


texts: I have an sd converter for my iPad but can't find anything like it for my phone?  Plan on using it to view shots from a trailcam while in the woods


texts: App Store wouldn't recognize my Logic Pro X

texts:
I have LPX version 10.0.6 installed on my system and I recently heard that Apple just released a new updated version 10.0.7 on the App Store. However, not only I didn't receive any update notification on my App Store, it refuses to even recognize my installation! When I visit the LPX link on my App Store, it shows the price instead of "installed" like it says for Aperture, iWork, Garageband, etc. How can I make it recognize the installation?

P.S. Elsewhere, someone had suggested renaming the app to Logic Pro (removing the "X"). I did try it and unfortunately it didn't work.


texts:
I've just migrated to Mac from Windows and the adaptation process has been a bumpy ride. I now have a question regarding Preview.

I just got back from a trip and have some 3GB of photos (DNG) that I have imported into my MBP. I did not use Photos because I am a Lightroom user and I intend to keep using Lightroom in the future (I am still planning on how I will move my LR stuff from my Windows PC to the MBP).

Yesterday I wanted to show my girlfriend the pictures, so I opened all of them using Preview. The application crashed after one minute of usage. I tried again, and one more time the application crashed.

I did some googling and found a suggestion that I could go to the Library folder and trash a few Preview related files. I decided to give this idea a spin and ditched them. I fired up Preview again, used for a couple of minutes and.... it crashed.

I am now wondering if Preview isn't suitable for viewing loads of pictures, or if there is something wrong on my Mac? If not, which software do you guys use (other than Photos and LR)?

--- UPDATE

I have a MBP 2015 model running on 8GB of RAM. I didn't have any application open other than Chrome when I tried to use Preview.


texts: In Chrome, tap to look up in dictionary: Placement not working properly

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I have a 2013 MacbookPro running OS X 10.9.2, and up-to-date Chrome (Version 35.0.1916.114).

When using three finger tap to look up a word with dictionary in Chrome (when chosen in the trackpad settings), the definition often pops up high above the placement of the word. Other times, it doesn't work at all, and sometimes it works like it should.

I have seen other questions here dealing with it not working, but not with its placement.

Pictured below is how it often looks. The word I looked up can be seen at the bottom.


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I'm replacing the HDD  with a SSD on an eMac (1 GHz). I get a headache from the  loud fan noise. A friend who does hardware repairs said the fan is there mainly because of the HDD, so I should then be able to disconnect the fan. Can someone with knowledge and experience with this confirm?

If the machine will fail without the fan, we plan to throttle the fan, ie. adjust its supplied power based on the measured temperature in the cabinet. Please share any knowledge/experience with this.


texts: PDF software to read many documents side-by-side in iPad?

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This thread is a part of the major thread about using iPad for education purposes here.

When I do my homework, I often need to recap lecture notes and at the same time do assignments. Before my printer broke, I printed everything -- now with my iPad, I use only the screen. The problem is that I have only one iPad and so I am looking for a software using which I could read many PDFs at the same time. Does such a PDF reader exist?

I have used PDF Expert but it lacks this feature. I have also tried apps such as iAnnotate but cannot find this feature.


texts:
Every time I import photos with iPhoto, it crashes!

I have no idea how to diagnose. I used cleanapp to remove all traces of iPhoto
I just purchased http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ to try rebuilding and importing photos, but no luck
I have created and removed about 10 libraries, and still no luck
It's always creating folders called "iPhoto Library Recovered Photos"

Every time I try to import it just crashes.


texts:
Does anyone know whether the iPhone X and the iPhone XS have the exact same measurements as far as cases are concerned?

I know that the measurements shown on the Apple iPhone compare webpage are the same, but what about the measurements of the camera? Apple does not show this on their website.

Let's suppose, that the X and the XS have the exact same measurements, then every iPhone X case should fit on the XS, correct?

But even if there is the slightest difference between them, there could be some iPhone X cases that can't fit iPhone XS.


texts: How to boot OS X with network devices in promiscuous mode?

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As OSX no longer allows ifconfig en0 promisc and sees that as a bad value and does not set the device flag, what other options are there? I'd like to be able to boot and have both my Airport/WiFi as well as any ethernet/thunderbolt/usb ethernet devices come up in promiscuous mode automatically before login...at boot.

I see that upon running tshark/wireshark/tcpdump etc within the system puts the devices in promiscuous mode as seen from an ifconfig promisc flag under whatever device I'm capturing.

How can I acheive promiscuous mode on boot? I need this for testing specific login issues at the login window for 802.1x Cisco ISE. Any further information on the matter is very much appreciated.


texts: Mail sent from Apple Mail is not show in Gmail's Sent folder

texts: Apple Mail is not showing Sent Items in Gmail. The mails sent from Apple Mail are not in Gmail.


texts:
I have a MacBook Air running 10.8.3. I have Java running almost all the time and it is consuming ~500 MB of RAM. I didn't start Java, and—as far as I can tell—nothing that uses Java is still running. Surely something in the background is using Java, but I don't know what. I would like to kill it (if I can) because I'd like to have my RAM back.

I noticed this happening a few months ago, but never could figure out how to solve the problem. I can kill Java itself, but it restarts immediately and eventually consumes too much RAM.

Does anyone know what is going on?


texts: Stream audio from Logic Pro X to mobile device

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I am creating an interactive project in which participants explore a room (a real one, not virtually) with their mobile device — iOS or Android — and headphones.

The music in their headphones will change depending on where they are. I'm controlling the music from Logic Pro X from my laptop - I'll have to react fairly quickly.

So, I'd like to stream the live audio output from Logic Pro X to mobile devices. Does anyone have an idea how to do this?

I've got as far as trying to stream Logic audio to VLC Player, both on my Mac, via Soundflower. Didn't work so far — though I changed audio input and output in both applications and system preferences accordingly! — so I'm looking for alternatives.

If all fails, I can just use speakers in the room… but headphones are spookier.


texts: Apple MacBook Pro OSX 10.9 refuses to print to a printer

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New to apple so is there a way to debug why a laptop will not print to a printer?

It is an HP Color Laserjet 3000n. The laptop will recognize the printer and stay in a sending mode or sometimes the printing job will vanish. Works fine for other monochrome laserjets.

Tried removing and readding the printer with no success. there also does not seem to be any drivers for download from HPs website.


texts: I can't delete photos on my iPhone 4s even though the delete button is there, why?

texts: I've selected the photos I want to delete but, the delete button isn't turning blue. They were all taken on the iPhone but, the sim card has been removed. Do I need the sim card or not to delete the images?


texts: Wiping Entire SSD for clean install of OS X

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I want to clean install a completely fresh copy of OS X El Capitan on my mac. I have a recovery USB that I will make using the Install OS X El Capitan.app at the time of install.

I have a question for installing it again. I want to completely wipe EVERYTHING off the drive, including the recovery partition (it was the wrong size for no reason at all), and I want to get rid of every partition on the drive. Completely free of everything like its brand new.

Now, I have watched video tutorials on how to clean install OS X. All of them do not erase the entire drive; they just remake the "Macintosh HD" partition on the drive. I want to erase the whole drive, partitions and everything, so that system partitions, etc, reset to default.

Is it safe to wipe the entire drive (Again, not the "Macintosh HD" partition, but the entire drive (In my case, it shows up as APPLE SSD0256F or something like that idk), with all of the system partitions on it?

I really have no experience with formatting an internal drive except once when reinstalling Mavericks (Long time ago, don't really remember what I did).


texts: TimeMachine backups on multiple volumes?

texts: My TimeCapsule's file system got damaged and I lost my TimeMachine backups. It it possible to backup to two different volumes, for redundancy?


texts:
9 months of emails are gone from my iPad.
They still appear on iCloud on my computer.

How can I restore them to iPad?


texts: After hard shutdown, Audacity won't start

texts:
Similar to this question (that one related to Ubuntu), but I'm asking about Mac.

When I try to run audacity I get the following error message:

  The system has detected that another copy of Audacity is running.
  Running two copies of Audacity simultaneously may cause data loss or
  cause your system to crash.Use the New or Open commands in the
  currently running Audacity process to open multiple projects
  simultaneously.


texts: Why is the iPhone's default landscape orientation 'upside down'?

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Upside down is probably the wrong phrase here, but whenever I start an app that uses landscape (e.g. a game) or watch a video, the first orientation is starts at is with the phone rotated left. In other words, with the volume controls on the bottom.

However, it seems more logical to me that landscape mode is better the other way up. One reason is that the +/- volume is on the right/left respectively (volume increases to the right in the display) and is easier to access with a finger than thumb on the bottom. Furthermore, since the volume button is used to operate the shutter on the camera, it should be that way up when taking photos.

Is there a reason that apps (Apple-provided and third party) have the default orientation the other way?


texts: I am trying to use QGis but sadly it needs not simply Python 3, but the python.org install -- nothing else will do.  QGis in not available in the latest version either via homebrew nor anaconda, which is a right PITA.  I do not normally use Python, but I like the fact stuff like homebrew or anaconda can be removed altogether in a clean and safe way, and can be kept up-to-date in an equally clean and safe way.  So, aside from the advantage I can install QGis, what are the SNAFUs to look out for if I go the python.org route?


texts: Remotely control a Mac's keyboard from another Mac, without network

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I have a few Macs running as servers, in a remote location.

Usually, I control them using Screen Sharing or Timbuktu.

Sometimes, e.g. when performing some system updates, the Mac does not start up fully, so that the Mac is not reachable over the network, yet.

Using a video digitizer, I can send the Mac's video output to another Mac in order to be able to see what the problem might be.

But I also need to be able to perform keyboard input on the stuck Mac. What are my options for this?

I've read about programs such as Type2Phone, which might be able to simulate a Bluetooth keyboard that the other Mac can then connect to. Not sure if that works. At least one of my Macs is a PPC Mac running OSX 10.5, so I am also looking for alternatives, such as a wired (USB) keyboard connection I can control from another Mac. Is there anything available like that?

Any other ideas? I guess there must be some solution for Macs installed in co-location centers that allow such kind of remote control, especially if the Mac somehow screwed up its network settings or is getting freshly installed.


texts: How to disable Adobe Core Sync app on OS X from being launched automatically?

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I have noticed a lot of Adobe processes are running in the background at start up on an OS X 10.11.4 (15E65) machine with Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) installed.

To get rid of this, I removed everything with "*adobe*" in the filename from the directories used by launchd, which are: ~/Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchDaemons, /System/Library/LaunchAgents, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons.

It's not a bad idea to browse these directories manually just to get aware of what is - or could be configured to be - launched automatically on your machine.

However, using this approach I got rid of all Adobe processes but one with the process name Core Sync Helper. The process' UID is me, not root.

Using the OS X activity monitor to get more information about this process it tells us that its parent process is launchd. The process' path is:

"/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/CoreSync/Core Sync.app/Contents/PlugIns/ACCFinderSync.appex/Contents/MacOS/ACCFinderSync"

How does Adobe get this process to be launched automatically?

And how to stop it from being launched automatically?

Update:

According to YoshiBotX's answer, I used launchctl list as well as the App launchControl to find the service that launches the Core Sync Helper. To do so, I search for a service with adobe, accf or core*sync in its name. Unfortunately, there is no such service with an obvious name. All services on the system are by com.apple.... or from a third-party App that hasn't any relation to Adobe.

Also, launchctl list lists the PID of each Label. But the PID of the running ACCFinderSync process is not listed there at all. However, as mentioned before, its parent process is still launchd so I wonder how this can be.

Update 2:

Using launchctl I was able to gather more information about the service using its PID (omitted lines marked as ...):

macy:~ jens$ sudo launchctl procinfo 352
...
com.adobe.accmac.ACCFinderSync = {
...
com.adobe.accmac.ACCFinderSync.apple-extension-service
...
com.adobe.accmac.explinder
...
ACCFinderSync
...

But these aren't service which I can remove using launchctl.

Update 3:

Based on chiggsy's answer I was able to find more traces of the service (omitted lines marked as ...):

$ sudo launchctl print gui
    com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.domain.501.100008.Aqua = {
    ...
        unmanaged processes = {
    ...
            com.apple.xpc.launchd.unmanaged.ACCFinderSync.352 = {
                active count = 5
                dynamic endpoints = {
                    "ACCFinderInnerExtensionHost2" = {
                        port = 0x59a8f
                        active = 1
                        managed = 0
                        reset = 0
                        hide = 0
    ...
        externally-hosted endpoints = {
             0x59a8f    U   A   ACCFinderInnerExtensionHost2
    ...

$ sudo launchctl print user
    com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501 = {
    ...
        endpoints = {
    ...
             0x59a8f    U   A   ACCFinderInnerExtensionHost2
    ...

$ sudo launchctl print system
    com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.system = {
    ...
        subdomains = {
    ...
            com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.ACCFinderSync.352
    ...

But that still did not help me to disable it.

Update 4:

kirb nailed it!


texts: DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE & sudoers Exploit: What are the markers in the sudoers file?

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I am concerned about the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE exploit in the sudoers file.

https://blog.malwarebytes.org/mac/2015/08/dyld_print_to_file-exploit-found-in-the-wild/

If I have my sudoers file open, what are the markers I should be looking for as a sign of infection? My sudoers file is actually quite small and too my (mostly untrained) eye, I don't see anything that would be a concern. But what are some examples of lines/variables that would indicate a problem?

Here's is the bottom half of my file, nothing there jumps out at me. Thoughts?

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin  ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel    ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Same thing without a password
# %wheel    ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

# Samples
# %users  ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
# %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now


texts:
I have my MP6,1 connected via Ether to my Time Capsule, and my ATV connected via Ether to the same TC. Everything seems to be working, but my ATV cannot see my Home Sharing movies.

I have both the ATV and MP with HS turned on, and connected to the same iCloud account. The ATV simply doesn't see my iTunes.

I can, however, use screen casting from my MP to the ATV just fine.

Any ideas?


texts: Album created in Mac Big Sur's Photos app not appearing in iPhone Photos app

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I have created an album in the Mac's Photos app. Uploaded photos to that album (taken from Digital Camera). But I neither see photos nor album in my iPhone's photos app.
How to make the newly created album with photos appear on the iPhone. I see iCloud photos syncing is enabled in both iPhone and Mac. I can see photos taken on iPhone in Mac's Photos app.


texts:
I have my Macbook Pro (MacOS Mojave) connecting to an NFS share on a Linux machine directly connected via Thunderbolt with jumbo frames. Testing with iperf3, I can do ~14 Gbps (~1.8 GBps) over the connection, so I expect that network is not the bottleneck.

Here is the /etc/exports:

/srv/share         169.254.0.*(rw,sync,insecure,rw,all_squash,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000,no_subtree_check)

Doing some simple testing with dd, here is what I see:

Direct to disk on the server (~800MB/s)

~$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/testfile bs=5120 count=100000
100000+0 records in
100000+0 records out
512000000 bytes (512 MB, 488 MiB) copied, 0.62477 s, 820 MB/s

NFS from the server (~660 MB/s)

I connected a client on the server to see how it performed with a Linux client and taking the network out of the equation.

$ sudo mount -t nfs -o rw 169.254.0.1:/srv/share /tmp/share
$ nfsstat -m
/tmp/share from 169.254.0.1:/srv/share
 Flags: rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=169.254.0.1,local_lock=none,addr=169.254.0.1
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/share/test_file bs=5120 count=100000
100000+0 records in
100000+0 records out
512000000 bytes (512 MB, 488 MiB) copied, 0.76516 s, 669 MB/s

From Macbook Pro over Thunderbolt (~150MBps)

I tried to match the default NFS client connection from Linux, but the Mac client doesn't support the same options. I've tried vers=3 and even async, but am never able to get it much faster than this.

$ sudo mount -t nfs -o rw,vers=4,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys 169.254.0.1:/srv/share /srv/share
$ nfsstat -m
/srv/share from 169.254.0.1:/srv/share
  -- Original mount options:
     General mount flags: 0x0
     NFS parameters: vers=4,proto=tcp,hard,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys
     File system locations:
       /srv/share @ 169.254.0.1 (169.254.0.1)
  -- Current mount parameters:
     General mount flags: 0x4000000 multilabel
     NFS parameters: vers=4.0,proto=tcp,port=2049,hard,nointr,noresvport,callback,negnamecache,nonamedattr,noacl,noaclonly,locks,noquota,rsize=65536,wsize=65536,readahead=16,dsize=32768,nordirplus,nodumbtimr,timeo=600,maxgroups=16,acregmin=5,acregmax=60,acdirmin=5,acdirmax=60,nomutejukebox,noephemeral,nonfc,sec=sys
     File system locations:
       /srv/share @ 169.254.0.1 (169.254.0.1)
     Status flags: 0x0
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/srv/share/testfile bs=5120 count=10000
10000+0 records in
10000+0 records out
51200000 bytes transferred in 0.337533 secs (151688873 bytes/sec)

Given how fast the network is, it seems like I should be able to get 3-4x the speeds I'm seeing from the Mac. How can I improve the performance?


texts: Set Image Capture to launch when I connect my mobile

texts:
In the past, when I connected my mobile, Image Capture launched. I have an Android device.

At some point, I disabled this feature and now I need to set it back.

Unfortunately, I am not able to find how to do it.

I am on El Capitan 10.11.5

I have checked Photos but couldn't see any settings to change the default app.

So, what happens now is that I connect the device, I launch ImageCapture and it doesn't recognise the mobile.

Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Why does the Internet stop working after upgrade to iOS 8

texts: So I upgraded my friends 1st generation iPad from iOS 4 to iOS 8.1 on my MacBook Pro. Now he's complaining that the Internet sometimes doesn't work and when it does it works extremely poorly and he's blaming me that it's due to the iOS 8 upgrade. Was the iOS 4 version 1st generation iPad not supposed to have been upgraded to iOS 8.1?


texts: How to mount remote shares that have the same name, and easily differentiate them in the Finder?

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We have three Linux development servers which are available through SMB/CIFS, and I mount them on my Mac (using an Automator script in my Login Items).

The problem is that the SMB shares are username based, so all three shares show up as the same name in the Finder. If one looks carefully in the Volumes folder, then of course they are given different names, but those names are arbitrary, based on the order of successful mounting, I suppose. And anyway, the different names don't show up in the Finder.

I would like to be able to easily know which one is which - even a colored label would be nice, but I can't seem to be able to edit tags or labels directly on volumes.

Right now I can do one of these two things:

Open each of the "username" volumes, look at the list of folders inside, realize that these are not the projects I'm looking for, move on to the next folder.
Open the server through the "Shared" section in the Finder sidebar. But this attempts to re-connect to the server for some reason. So there is a delay before the volume opens.

So, what can I do to be able to tell which volume came from which server?


texts:
I'm setting up a localhost and everything looks like it should work but whenever I go to site.local it loads the default Apache localhost page (It works!).

Here's a copy of my hosts file:

##
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1    localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%1o0 localhost

#####
 DEV
#####
# SITE
127.0.0.1    site.local
::1          www.site.local

and my vhost:

<VirtualHost *:8080>
    ServerAdmin test@test.com
    ServerName site.local
    DocumentRoot "/Users/me/site"
    ErrorLog "/Applications/MAMP/logs/site.local-error_log"
    CustomLog "/Applications/MAMP/logs/site.local-access_log" common
    <Directory "/Users/me/site">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Things I've done to make sure it isn't a user error:

uncommented the line in the httpd.conf file to include my vhost file
used apachectl configtest to test my file (came back saying syntax OK)

Things to note:

I use port 8080 and 3307 for Apache and MYSQL
If I go to site.local:8080 it loads but doesn't render the elements as it should (instead loads the elements of the html in a list format)
this is off a FRESH install of MAMP
OS: OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5
MAMP Version: 3.5

I just don't see what's going wrong... any ideas?

UPDATE

localhost works as it should with port 80. 8080 = the default apache page, but 80 loads the site pages...


texts: iPhone 7 Plus stuck in recovery mode and can't restore/update even in DFU after downgrading from iOS 11

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Here is what has happened. I'm hoping there is still hope in me fixing this since the weekend is here and the earliest I can get a repair appointment is Monday.

I've been on the iOS 11 Developer Beta for about two weeks now. This morning I decided that I was going to downgrade back to iOS 10. Followed all of the instructions and in a few minutes, my device was being "updated" back to iOS 10.3.2. This is where everything went wrong.

I leave the phone and come back about 20 minutes later to see iTunes says that my phone is in recovery mode and needs to be updated or restored. I click on "Update" and it fails and says it needs to be restored. So this time I click on restore, it goes through the whole process and iTunes says that my phone has been restored and it is currently restarting. However, as soon as it restarts I get the same damn prompt again telling me I need to restore or update.

I do this about 4-5 times with no luck. So next I decide it's time to put the device into DFU mode. Even when my phone is in DFU and I try to restore it to the most recent iOS 10 update I am getting the same problem. iPhone restarts and says I need to connect to iTunes and it's in recovery mode.

Any suggestions? I'm going crazy trying to figure this out.


texts:
On OS X 10.8, using terminal commands, I'd like to enable SMB sharing as if I had ticked the following checkbox under System Preferences - Sharing - File Sharing - Options:

I've tried the following command:

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

But despite the smb daemon seeming to be up and running, the checkbox is still unchecked, as if something is missing.

The same command works, as an example, for screen sharing (com.apple.screensharing.plist) and even for AFP (com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist), only SMB seem to suffer from this problem.


texts: How do I delete attachments from mails I sent

texts:
In Mountain Lion’s Mail app, I can delete attachments from mails others have sent me, but not from the mails I sent to others.

In the mailbox, the messages I have sent are not marked with the small paperclip, even when then have a attachments (however, their size is correct and includes the big attachments). When I select an individual message (or many), the "Delete attachements" menu item is grayed out.

How can I deleted attachments from mails I sent?


texts: How to connect a pretty old hard drive to MacMini?

texts:
I have a rather old iOmega external hard drive which I'd like to connect to a quite new Mac, but I always get confused by Apple plugs so I have no idea what type of cable do I need.

These are the connectivity options for the hard drive:

and these are for the Mac:

Any ideas what type of cable do I need for connecting these two?


texts:
New to Mac. I am going to install a software and running make, returns the error:

$ make
gcc -I/Users/username/softwarename/include -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include -I/usr/local/Cellar -I/usr/local/Cellar/fftw/3.3.8_1/include -DUSEFFTW -DUSEMMAP -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -Wall -W -fPIC -O3 -ffast-math -Wno-unused-result -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-but-set-parameter -fopenmp -o /Users/username/softwarename/bin/makedata com.o randlib.o makedata.o -L/opt/local/lib -lcfitsio -lcurl -L/Users/username/softwarename/lib -lsoftwarename -L/usr/local/Cellar/fftw/3.3.8_1/lib -lfftw3f -lm
ld: library not found for -lSystem
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [makedata] Error 1

I have no idea on the -lSystem library. Any advice?


texts:
Is there a way to have a Safari window (or just a tab) always highlighted?

I mean, when using other programs, have a piece of screen occupied by a Safari window (resized, obviously).


texts: Can iBeacon range/region monitoring trigger "dynamic"/data-based notification?

texts:
Can an iBeacon range and/or region event (for an iOS app that is not running in the foreground) somehow have a "dynamic" notification send to that iOS device (i.e. a notification text that is not hard coded in the app but rather comes from a server)?

An example use case that everyone can relate to is that your local super market implements beacons and that as you walk pass the milk section you get a notification saying "Milk half price for the next half hour" (because the "use-by" date is near).

I know I can do local notification with static text (i.e. "welcome to the store") but unsure if I can so something more dynamic.


texts: Where on the logic board is the flash memory that comprises the OS on the iPhone 3GS?

texts:
Staring at the guts of my dated phone, I was curious how feasibly I might remove the logic board, swap it with another, and resume normal operations.

As such, I've been hunting for pics detailed iPhone innards but I've found nothing more than an obscure forum post or the iFixit teardown.

Is swapping logic boards possible? Will it impact the entire phone?


texts: Mac Internal Drive Uninitialized | Macbook Pro 13 (mid 2010)

texts:
Bit of background - the whole problem began with the mac being really slow and unresponsive. I thought it might be a good idea to wipe everything clean, and reinstall a fresh copy of High Sierra. So, restarted and went into Recovery mode, and then disk utility. I could not erase my internal Macintosh HD - the error said it could not unmount it. Same error when trying First Aid too.

From here, it went really dark. Tried internet recovery but it gave an error -2002F. As I didn't have another mac at the time, read an article somewhere to download a High Sierra image from a link (not apple store) and using TransMac to create a bootable - which was a mistake, because I was able to install that OS but it started throwing random errors and was unresponsive as well. From this point onwards, Mac started to get stuck at the apple logo with progress bar at 100% and I waited 24 hours, and it still did nothing. An SMC Reset fixed that issue, and it logged me into my OS which is again the corrupted one.

So, now tried internet recovery from another Wifi, which took me further only to throw an error before install began saying Permission Denied. I also managed to find another mac and download a genuine High Sierra and make a bootable out of it, but when I went to install it, same error - Permission Denied.

Many more hours of research, and I found out by typing the command (lsof|grep 'Volumes/Macintosh HD') that there were two processes running - 169 and 197 (see image below) . Killed them both.

And then was able to force unmount the disk via terminal (diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/disk0). However when I went to erase by trying the command (diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ Mac /dev/disk0), it threw the error - 69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed. (image below).

After which I ran the following command (gpt -v destrory /dev/disk0) with the intention it might clear off the partitioning, I guess I was wrong because now I do not have a Macintosh HD in Disk Utility, and the internal Disk says 'Uninitialized' (image below)

So yeah, that's where I am after 5 days of troubleshooting - pretty much nowhere! I am not a mac genius, but I know things. But this is getting too complicated now. The other weird thing I found is when I type the command (diskutil list), I get this long list going upto /dev/disk21 and all of them are disk images. (see below). Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

So assuming the next step would be to initialize the disk, ran the following commands.

diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ Mac disk0
diskutil partitiondisk disk0 JHFS+ Mac 100%

gives me the same error (image below)

So, not really sure where to go from here. I think my brain's reached the saturation level unless someone can point out something that I haven't tried that might help. Any suggestions are welcome.

Lastly, this could very well be a hardware fault which I might have caused due to my troubleshooting step - I'd never know i guess. But this is an old machine, and I'm willing to get my hands dirty here to find a way out.

Thanks for your time.


texts: iPhone 4 cannot be charged via power supply after iOS 7 update

texts:
Using an iPhone 4 and a original power supply (a1357) + cable (usb) i am not able to charge the phone.

However connecting my phone to the pc (windows) it will be recognized and charge.

This behaviour occured after i updated to iOS 7.

I tried using another cable and another power supply (the 2nd is not original but certified for apple products).

I tried setting reduce movement to on because it was suggested in an apple forum.
This did not help.


texts: I am using a MacBook with OS X Mounain Lion 10.8.3 and I want to install a local web server on my machine. What are my options? On windows I used XAMPP.


texts: MacBook Pro 2015 really slow since macOS Sierra / High Sierra [With maybe a start for an answer]

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Since macOS Sierra or High Sierra, macOS has become really, really slow.
Reinstalling El Capitan (even today) solves the issue.
GNU/Linux and Windows are also much faster, more like El Capitan was.

By slower, I mean twice (or more) the time to build a simple C project (from 5-6 seconds to 15 seconds), the whole system is really sluggish, I really think that it is a macOS issue.

For information, I tested mainly with gcc-9 and clang-10 with my school projects.
I also used tcc 0.9.27, built from source, with a dummy make+C project, see below.

I have already tried to reinstall macOS.

I am not sure about what to do, have anybody ecountered this ?

I need macOS for the iOS/tvOS toolchain, therefore I cannot switch.
Switching to a GNU/Linux distro would be nice if I could.

If anybody needs more specific data, do not hesitate.
Many thanks for your help !

Edit: I tried to replace a kext and got significant improvements, see below.

Things I tested always on the same computer with this dummy repo edrflt/build_speed :

tcc 0.9.27, built from source make -j5

Ubuntu 20.04 (fast)               0,94s user 0,53s system 342% cpu 0,428 total

Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 (fast)    1,84s user 1,05s system 284% cpu 1,016 total

Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11 (fast)  3,04s user 1,18s system 316% cpu 1,332 total

macOS Sierra 10.12                4,70s user 2,64s system 265% cpu 2,769 total

macOS High Sierra 10.13           6,03s user 2,79s system 257% cpu 3,428 total

macOS Mojave 10.14 (slow)         8,30s user 3,09s system 231% cpu 4,912 total

macOS Catalina 10.15 (slow)       6,01s user 3,35s system 193% cpu 4,827 total

Build time is multiplied by almost 5 vs Ubuntu 20.04 which takes less than one second.

gcc-9

Ubuntu 20.04 - gcc 9.3.0 from apt

make -j5  10,15s user 4,69s system 361% cpu 4,111 total
make -j5  10,13s user 4,74s system 357% cpu 4,162 total
make -j5  10,27s user 4,54s system 359% cpu 4,119 total

macOS Catalina 10.15 - gcc 9.3.0 from brew

make -j5  13,95s user 10,55s system 298% cpu 8,204 total
make -j5  16,91s user 12,81s system 252% cpu 11,752 total
make -j5  14,05s user 10,81s system 295% cpu 8,412 total

Kext replacement - significant improvements

After some investigations, I found that IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext could be the culprit (or one of them).
I replaced the kext in my setup of Catalina with the one from El Capitan, ran the same tests, got these results (with tcc) :

make -j5   5.75s user 2.21s system 278% cpu 2.862 total
make -j5   5.78s user 2.13s system 278% cpu 2.837 total
make -j5   5.74s user 2.13s system 277% cpu 2.836 total
make -j5   5.74s user 2.14s system 288% cpu 2.736 total

What I understand here is that I got performances around the one I could get with Sierra. I am not really sure about the reasons.
I could see that Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6.plist from X86PlatformPlugin.kext inside IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext changed (this file is related to my Mac model) but I'm unsure about this one.
I also saw that the binary X86PlatformPlugin changed but I did not any further investigation on it.
I will share any additional data I can find.

Notes :

My MacBook Pro is this one :
MacBook Pro (Retina 13, early 2015) - MacBookPro12,1
i5 5257U - 8GB

I am totally open to any tests, any suggestion.
I know I don't know enough about low level OS components and compilers, therefore if you have the time, explain me like I'm five.
I will take any time that would be needed.
This is not at all about macOS is better, GNU/Linux is better ... no no, this is about "I want my computer to get his speed back".


texts: Can I Save Open Dialog Windows Size and Filesystem Location?

texts: Sometimes I have to upload, attach, open, insert, multiple files into various programs and websites.  Often I have to do many in a row.  Every time I "Browse" to add a file, OSX or Finder takes me back to its default location and the window defaults back to this little square that I have to then widen and navigate back to the directory I was just in, every time.  Can OSX be told to always use the last file location and window size for an Open dialog, no matter what program is being used?


texts:
How can I securely backup files, which are purged from the local harddrive due to the Optimize-Storage feature in macOS?

They are NOT backed up in Timemachine
They are NOT backed up with CCC (see here)

Currently I am manually copying them to an external drive but it does NOT seem, that they get downloaded doing this: It seems to only copy the placeholder files.

There has to be a way, to securely back them up