texts: Reconfiguring Ctrl on a MacBook Pro's keyboard to another key

texts:
I have a problem with the left ⇧ and ctrl on my MacBook Pro (mid 2012).

I can use the right ⇧ but since there's only one ctrl, I was wondering because there are two ⌥ buttons and two ⌘ buttons, if I could reconfigure one of them to replace the control feature.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: Can OS X users get locked on OS X similar to on ubuntu when using git?

texts:
I have gitlab connected to my mac but when I do git push -u origin master I get 'Permission denied. Please try later' message which is what pops up when the user gets locked it seems.

But here in this post users have used usermod in linux to unlock the user. I need to do something similar. Or if there is any other solution


texts: Is High Sierra noticeable slower than Sierra?

texts:
I I have a macbook pro 2012 15" i7 (quad core) with a SSD drive and 16G RAM. Last night I've updated from Sierra to High Sierra and I've noticed that everything seems to be kind of slow. Before the upgrade everything run snappier than now on High Sierra. I just upgraded from the mac app store and not a fresh install of it.

Should I run a fresh install in order to get a better performance?


texts:
I recently made a full backup of my iPhone 7 to my computer a day back. I was adding some new songs in Itunes then I connected the Phone to those songs.

Unfortunately as soon as Iphone connected to iTunes, it automatically made a full back-up of my phone, and I now can't see the previous back-up I made. Please tell me!

How to recover that Old BackUp.


texts: How do I get Samba volume to mount automatically at bootup?

texts:
I have a windows share that I can mount via Connect to Server (⌘K in the finder)

smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVER/SHARENAME

It there a way to have this volume mount automatically at bootup?


texts: Sharing screen with Messages.app on Mountain Lion

texts:
Both computers are running OS X 10.8.4

When trying to initiate the screen sharing feature, the other computer gets the request, then clicks "Accept" but thats as far as we get.

Then we see this:

I have posted the contents of the "Details" section:

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=yWYYCbgv

I am thinking we may need to open some ports on the firewall. Anyone know which ports need to be open? Or if this is even the issue.


texts:
I am a programmer, and often I have words in all lowercase, not seperated by a space or hyphen.

In some *situations OSX will sometimes change infoclass to info class for instance

*context aware I'm sure

This feature has breached my annoyance ceiling. Is there anyway to turn it off?

I enjoy autocorrect, just not the word splitting feature.


texts: Unable to play video / export video from Photos app

texts:
I'm on MacOS Catalina Version 10.15.7. I recently tried to view my old videos from photos app but unable to do so. It says "Photos cannot play this video because the resource is unavailable."

I read places where people could export the video out and the video could be played. But I can't export it out as well. It says "unknown error".

When I tried to edit it with QuickTime Player, it says "The operation couldn't be completed (Cocoa error -1)"

How do i view my videos? There is 222GB of them :(
I've attached screenshots of the errors


texts: Problem creating new Apple ID. Account cannot be created at this time

texts:
I'm attempting to create a new Apple ID with a new @icloud.com email address from a new Mac user account.

I enter the required information, including a new unique iCloud email address. Attempting to use an already-used iCloud address gives a different error on a previous screen.

I also enter a phone number and receive a 2-factor code from Apple. I then agree to the terms of use.

However it then gives the error:

  There was a problem creating your new Apple ID.

  Your account cannot be created at this time.

What is the problem? Why can't I create an Apple ID?

This is a new Mac (provided by work), so I am 99% sure I am not hitting the per-device Apple ID limit.


texts: Stop Safari from appending ".download" to not fully downloaded files

texts:
I'd like for files downloaded on (macOS) Safari to have the original file's name, without the added ".download". is that possible at all?

The idea is that I'd be able to use some files before they're fully download, like MP4's for example.


texts: How do I change what's returned by /usr/libexec/java_home

texts:
$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_66.jdk/Contents/Home
$ /usr/libexec/java_home --verbose
Matching Java Virtual Machines (2):
   1.6.0_65-b14-468, x86_64:    "Java SE 6" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
   1.6.0_65-b14-468, i386:  "Java SE 6" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

$ ls /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
1.6.0.jdk/
jdk1.7.0_17.jdk/
jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/
jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/
jdk1.8@ -> jdk1.8.0_66.jdk
jdk1.8.0_66.jdk/

How do I get /usr/libexec/java_home to return my Java 1.8 VMs?


texts: Can I schedule a periodic file permissions repair?

texts: Can I schedule a periodical file permissions repair? With Automator, maybe?


texts: One Apple ID Required for iPhone and iPad

texts:
My husband and I share a computer. We both have our own iPhone, mine a 4S and his a 3S. My husband also has a new iPad.

The problem: when I set up his new iPad it would not accept the Apple ID used on his iPhone, therefore I had to create another Apple ID for the iPad. Can one not have a single Apple ID and password for both devices?


texts: I recently acquired a refurbished iPad 2 WiFi and, being an iOS developer, I would like to use it as a test device and load beta iOS versions on it.  Apple offers two different downloads, one for an "iPad 2" and one for an "iPad 2 (Model A)."  I'm not sure which one I can safely use.  This Ask Different answer states that iPad 2's with model number MC979 are not Rev A, whereas A1395 MC954 (black) or MC989 (white) are Model A's.  My iPad 2 has "Model A1395" written on the back, however in Settings -> General -> About, it lists the Model as FC769LL/A.  Is mine a Model A or not?


texts:
My MacBook Pro worked all normal when all of a sudden it went black. It tried to reboot itself but immediately produced a kernel panic.

From then on I was never able to boot again. I could only enter my password (not for logging in to Mac OS, but for booting) and then the kernel panic would happen each time.

The error log was only visible for a few seconds and then it rebooted itself again. I was able to take a photograph of the kernel error. I have no idea what actually happened, so I wonder if anyone of you can make sense of the error message or identify the reason why the system failed?

The only thing that gives me a hint is the line about Core Storage Driver. In fact, I set up a HDD and SSD as a FusionDrive as explained in this article. I did this in november and used the MacBook every day since. Never had a problem until yesterday.

Luckily, I had a fresh backup and have been able to restore everything in the meantime. I checked both the SSD and HDD drive with disk utility for errors but everything seems fine.

Any idea what actually caused the error?


texts: How to install Homebrew without Command Line Tools if already have Xcode

texts: I already have Xcode installed and want to install Homebrew. It wants to install Xcode Command Line Tools and I don't have space.  Is there a way to install Homebrew without it trying to install the Command Line Tools?


texts: Can Address Book still store local groups or contacts with iCloud enabled?

texts:
I want to be able to keep a group of contacts on my Mac only, while keeping the rest of them synched to iCloud (as they currently do).

A bit of background: I'm wanting to do this since I'm dabbling with a bit of scripting involving the Address Book, and I want to be able to create test contacts without disrupting my real Address Book, and risking the wrath of the sync gods. My workaround has been using a second account that only has local storage, but it's disruptive having to switch accounts to test something.

The Address Book preferences has an On My Mac account listed alongside my iCloud account, but I don't see any options when creating new contacts or groups for putting them in local storage. If I reveal the groups pane, new groups get put under the iCloud section, and I don't see any local/On My Mac section.

Is the On My Mac account a mirage, not actually accessible if you have iCloud enabled?


texts:
I'm using a late-2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar running macOS 10.13.3. Today, I've been trying to install a Bootcamp partition. Before partitioning and installing Windows, Spotlight worked.

However, after the Bootcamp installation was successful, Spotlight has been broken, as is Google Drive, which now refuses to accept the location of the Google Drive folder. Disk Utility refuses to load any disks as well as the Startup Disk pane in System Preferences, which says there are no startup disks at all.

When it comes to Spotlight, I'm trying to get it to reindex. However, it gives me this:

$ sudo mdutil -i off /
/:
Error: unable to perform operation.  (-400)
    Error: unknown indexing state.

The output is the same when running sudo mdutil -E /.


texts: Mavericks installation stuck at 18 minutes mark

texts:
I am trying to reinstall Mavericks an 27 inch, Mid-2011 iMac

The hardisk has been reformatted, and I have created one partition Mac-HDD in it.

I have created a Mavericks usb installer using this command:

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia \
--volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction

Can you suggest anything I can try?


texts: On Big Sur, every time I restart, I get asked asked again if I want to enable ask siri.  Is there a way to get it to stop asking?


texts: With a cell tower in sight about a 3/4 of a mile away how accurate is the share my location if the phone is in a Walmart


texts:
I have an iMac running High Sierra. Years ago I signed up for Google Drive and currently have about 70 GB free space remaining out of my 100 GB subscription.

I have a Google Drive folder on my internal main drive. This folder has 11 GB of files on it. The folder is located at the top level given by /. What is this local Google Drive and why is it taking up 11 GB on my nearly full SSD.


texts: How to reinstall Safari 8 without reinstalling OS X Yosemite

texts: Safari keeps on crashing or is unusable for some other reason and I have no possibility of reinstalling it without reinstalling the OS. What do I do?


texts: Creating keyboard shortcuts for Terminal

texts:
Just to ensure that what I am saying is getting clearly across, I am not referring to things like iCanHazShortcut that allows you to execute a command anywhere through a keyboard shortcut.

I wanted to know if there is a way to have keyboard shortcuts that run a command in the current Terminal tab. I am fine with using 3rd-party applications.


texts: If I pause an App Store update, and shut off my Mac, will it resume upon startup?

texts: So I'm looking to get the new El Capitan update. Problem is, my internet connection is slow and I'll probably have to download it over 2 days. If I pause the download, shut off my Mac, and start it back up again, will the download resume, or will it have to start from scratch again?


texts: Adobe Shockwave Player PKG installed but I can't find the application

texts:
I just downloaded adobe swf on my computer. I went through the pkg file and it said that it was installed. The application support scripts are there, but where is the app? Thanks in advance!

I tried installing it twice; one to all users and one the the mac.


texts: MacBook Pro experiencing ping spikes to local router

texts:
I'm experiencing extreme ping spikes to my AirPort Extreme (local IP: 192.168.1.1), however I am not getting these ping spikes on another MacBook Pro right next to it.

Here are my ping results.

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=24.703 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=145.378 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=975.540 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=577.900 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.802 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=5.377 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=5.922 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=3.854 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=3.522 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=4.593 ms

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.802/174.959/975.540/316.450 ms

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)


texts: 1st Gen MacBook Air Charger: Will it work with Late 2010 MBA?

texts:
The original MacBook Air's charger looks a little different than the L-connector MagSafe 1 that the later gen Macbook Air's have.  Here's the first gen:

It looks like the actual plug interface is the same, just the external housing is different.  The wattage is also 45w.

Are they interchangeable?

My MBA: Late 2010 13 inch.


texts: What cases exist for the new iPad (3rd generation) most similar to Apple's 1st generation case?

texts:
I am looking for cases that fit the full size iPad with retina displays (3rd and 4th generation) and function similarly to the original black case from Apple for the first generation iPad.

The aspects most appealing from that original design were:

slim - visually and form fitting without adding the bulk of an Otterbox product.
wedge for two angles (yes the vertical placement wasn't the most stable)
no covers on the screen or the ports letting all charging cables and controls work well
light drop, scratch and bump protection
durable (having seen over 25 case designs wear over 6+ months - the Apple one is surprisingly durable)
reputable warranty service (you can call for an exchange without hassle if it starts tearing 6 months into use)

The closest case (that isn't shipping yet) I have seen is the incase Magazine Jacket. What cases meet any (or many) of the criteria listed above?


texts:
I'm using MacVim and I am attempting to change the default theme. I have the following in my .vimrc file (and in .gvimrc as well):

 colorscheme macvim

But the theme remains unchanged. What am I doing wrong?

The file is read in without errors but the scheme doesn't change. Also, if I download alternate themes, where do they go?


texts: Finder freezes when downloading files in Safari

texts:
I am experiencing problems when I download archives from Safari to the Finder. What happens is that one archive keeps downloading and it never ends. Then when I try to enter to the Downloads folder in Finder it gets frozen.

In order to have it working, I need to restart my Mac.

Is there anything I can do to fix this problem?


texts: Jetbrains'IDE can't start after upgrading to OS X Yosemite

texts:
Yesterday I upgrade my MBP to OSX 10.10 Yosemite, everything went well. But When I try to start Pycharm, it shows me this

It means "You need to install old Java SE 6 runtime to run Pycharm".

It seems I'm not the only one run into this problem
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/entries/27854363-IDE-doesn-t-start-after-updating-to-Mac-OS-Yosemite-or-Mavericks

There're some hacks from the link above, but I would like to find an "official way" to solve this. I'm also curious about the cause of this problem.

Thank you!


texts:
I'm having some problems.  Googling them I found this:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8022877

I'm having almost identical problems.

tell application "Mail" to make new account ...

...appears to succeed from the perspective of the script or Script Editor - if I query Mail with:

get every imap account

the new account is returned there - however, it doesn't appear in Mail's Preferences under the Accounts tab, it doesn't appear in Internet Accounts, and if I restart my Mac and query Mail again for every imap account, it is no longer returned.

--

The other issue I'm having (closely related): I'm able to change some of the properties of an account, but having issues with two of them. (for these code snippets, theAccount has been set to a valid imap account in Mail):

1 enabled property

tell theAccount to set enabled to true

or

get enabled of theAccount

...gives me "Apple event failed" error.  If I substitute any other readable imap account property in place of "enabled" (eg. name, user name, port, uses ssl, etc.) it returns the appropriate value.  But anything I try to do with that property (get it or set it) gives me that error.  Huh...?? Why that one and only that one?

2 authentication property:

tell theAccount to set authenticaion to password

...gives "Can’t make password of account [...] into type constant".  That value (password) is one of a number of constants in the dictionary for the Authentication enumeration.  I'm confident I have the syntax correct (in principle) because if I substitute password in the above code with any of the other constants in that enumeration (kerberos 5, md5, none, etc.) it works fine.  Only password gives that error.

Script Editor/AppleScript seems to believe I'm referring to the password property of theAccount, and that makes sense, so the question is how do I use that password enumeration constant? How do I tell Mail that I want to set theAccount's authentication property to that password enumeration constant (and not the password property)?

Anyone have any idea what I am, (or Apple is -- bug?), doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance!

UPDATE the next day:

In hindsight, I should have posted this as two separate questions.

@CJK's answer solves the second one. His/her answer also suggests an answer to my first one as well (ie. it's just an Apple bug) though others may still have insight on that.

I'll mark @CJK's answer as correct on this post, but if anyone else has any answers to the first issue, please comment.  I'll post that issue as a separate post/question, you can then answer there and I'll mark that up and as correct on that post.


texts: hdiutil fails to create APFS sparseimage: "no mountable file systems"

texts:
In macOS Catalina (10.15.7), I'd like to create and mount a sparse, writeable disk image that uses APFS. Specifically, this works if I create Test.sparseimage on my local disk. I'm just unable to create it on a NAS volume.
This works:
$ -> hdiutil create -attach -size 10m -fs APFS -type UDIF "Test.dmg"
..................................................................................................................................
/dev/disk7              GUID_partition_scheme
/dev/disk7s1            Apple_APFS
/dev/disk8              EF57347C-0000-11AA-AA11-0030654
/dev/disk8s1            41504653-0000-11AA-AA11-0030654 /Volumes/untitled
created: /Volumes/Backups/Test.dmg

This works, too:
$ -> hdiutil create -attach -size 10m -fs HFS+ -type SPARSE "Test.sparseimage"
/dev/disk5              GUID_partition_scheme
/dev/disk5s1            Apple_HFS                       /Volumes/untitled
created: /Volumes/Backups/Test.sparseimage

This does not:
$ -> hdiutil create -attach -size 10m -fs APFS -type SPARSE "Test.sparseimage"
hdiutil: create failed - no mountable file systems

I've searched the man page, but can't find any clues about what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions on picking apart why the filesystem on my NAS behaves differently than Apple filesystem on my internal drive?


texts: How do I resize the magnifier/zoom window in iOS 8?

texts: My wife lets our baby daughter play with my iPad, and something she did has caused the magnifier/zoom window (one of the accessibility features) to end up tall and narrow instead of the usual size and shape. How do I resize it so that it is more useful again?


texts: Find which editor is being used by Terminal when `info` is run

texts:
I have run the command info bash in my Terminal and it opened bash.info file in the terminal editor.

What type of editor am I seeing here. Is it emacs, vim, something else?


texts:
I have a White MacBook model 3,1 (bought in 2007).
My AirPort card seems to be busted. It has trouble picking up WiFi from a transmitter that is more than one meter away.
I know it's not an OS issue because I also have Ubuntu and Windows installed on this machine, and I'm having connectivity issues there too.

I want to replace it, but before I buy a new one I wanted to know if there are different models available, maybe something newer and better. Or is a new card of the model I currently have (AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0x88) according to my System Profiler) my only option?
And While on the topic, where is best to buy such card? is eBay ok?


texts:
5 years ago broke my laptop, finally got it repaired but, forgot all my passwords ! Tried to do a factory reset however, the macintosh hd is locked and I can’t find a way to unlock it.
Anyone can help ?


texts: How to stop two phones ringing when one is called?

texts: My husband's and my phones both ring when either one is called.  How do we unlink them?


texts: How can I find the “friendly name” of the operating system from the shell / Terminal / bash?

texts:
I know that I can use sw_ver to find this information:

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.14
BuildVersion:   18A353d

…and I know I can find other things like uname can give me some types of information about the OS, and system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType can give me additional information, but I want to find the “friendly” name, such as “Mojave” in the image shown above.

How can I find the “friendly” name, using the shell / Terminal / bash / etc ?

So far my Google fu has failed to turn up any solutions. All the results seem to come back to those commands I mentioned above, but none of those give me the right information.

It has to be in there somewhere… how can I find it?


texts: Getting 5120 X 1440 @ 120Hz on a 2018 Mac mini

texts:
I recently just purchased a Samsung CRG9, which is a really great monitor. Only problem I have is that I’m not able to get the full 5120 X 1440 at 120Hz that the monitor is rated for. I can get the 5120 X 1440 at 60Hz just fine, but it would be nice to be able to get 120Hz at that resolution as well if possible. I’m using a high-quality DisplayPort 1.4 to Thunderbolt 3 Cable.
Does anyone here know how to do this? Especially if you own this monitor.
Thanks in advance!


texts: Recovering AppleID using my rescue email address

texts: My iPhone got stolen and I don't have my AppleID. It was previously set by the vendor who sold me the iPhone. AFAIK, I only have my Gmail set as my rescue email address for the AppleID. Is there anyway to recover the ID so that I can recover my backups?


texts: Can iTunes auto play a song related to the one I've just listened to (not in a playlist)?

texts:
Is there a way to let iTunes automatically play a song after listening to a song I searched (not a part of a playlist), supposedly a "related" song?

I'm aiming for something like Youtube's "Up next" feature, also available on Soundcloud.


texts: Apple Magic Trackpad issue: occasionally it interprets one-finger click as two-finger ("right") click

texts:
I wanted to see if my technical hiccup was experienced by others, as well as any obvious fix I am missing.

Perhaps 5-10 times per day, my external, bluetooth, apple magic trackpad will interpret a regular click as a two-finger click (ie a right-click.)  I believe it is only when I click via the full "press down" method, it does not happen during a mere light-touch-to-click.

So you are using your trackpad, and you go to it to drag something, for instance, but you then find the darn contextual menu popping up on the thing instead!  Agh!

I am guessing I may take it in for a regular exchange (ugh, it was bought on USA apple store online and I am in thailand now) ... but thought I would see how wide-spread or solvable it is.


texts: Trackpad2 clicking feedback stops after 30 seconds from initial use of the day

texts:
When I open my MBP at the morning, I can feel the clicks for around 30 seconds, and then it's still functioning but without the click feedback. kind of goes to silent clicking mode.
The built-in MBP trackpad works fine and I've another trackpad2 at the office that works great.
Tried:

Turn it on and off.
Connent with cable and without.
Removed from connected devices and re-add it.
Went through all the possible checkboxes on Trackpad + Accessibility settings.


texts: How do I take screenshots of the Touch Bar?

texts:
How do you take a screenshot of the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pros?

Specifically, I need a way to take a picture similar to using Grab or the shortcut Cmd+Shift+3.


texts: Sent messages from iPhone don't show on macbook messages

texts:
I use iMessage for my iPhone and Macbook.

The problem:

I can't see a message I sent from my iPhone on my Macbook, but I can see a sent message from my Macbook on my iPhone. How can I see sent messages from my iPhone on my Macbook?

Receiving messages work on iPhone and Macbook.

Edit:

I followed the guidelines from Apple but the problem still persists. These are my specs:

iPhone 6s running iOS 11.3.1.
Macbook Pro 2015 running High Sierra 10.13.3.


texts: Is there a way to see if a macbook had a time machine backup done?

texts: I was wondering if there's any way to see if someone did a Time Machine backup on a macbook.


texts: How can I have multiple languages in my iPhone dictionary?

texts:
I speak English with most people but correspond with my mother in Spanish.

Is there any way I can get autocomplete on my iPhone to work for words in both languages?


texts: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird as default browser and mail client

texts:
I use Firefox and Thunderbird for browsing and email. In the Safari Preferences, Firefox is set to be default browser. Each time I start Firefox, it asks if I want it to be the default browser. Same thing with Thunderbird. If I disable this check in Thunderbird, and click a mailto-link on a webpage, Apple Mail opens.

How can I set Firefox and Thunderbird to be the default clients, without having to confirm this each time I restart my computer?


texts:
how do i launch safe mode on mac, with boot camp installed(windows 7)?
Without boot camp u just press shift on the sound, but with bootcamp installed it always login in windows? help!!macbook air.


texts: How to stop TextEdit.app from adding extended attributes

texts:
I only recently discovered (yes, I'm late to the game) that TextEdit.app is adding extended attributes to any files I open in it.  I had discovered this when I randomly had opened a shell script in it and it got quarantined and wouldn't run.

I quickly learned that I can remove attributes with either xattr -c file or individual attributes with xattr -d attrname file, but doing that is tedious/tiresome.  I happen to like TextEdit (which I'm aware is in disfavor among pros).  I have other editors for editing code, so I’m not looking for alternate editor suggestions. What I’d like to know is, is there a way to get it to stop adding extended attributes to files?

I tried defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false, but it still happens.

Or maybe I'm being too fastidious?  Other than the quarantine attribute, can any of the other cruft get in the way of other users on non-macOS systems, say when in a github repo or otherwise deployed to other systems?

My main concerns are first: getting a quarantine flag that was opened for a quick/simple edit, and second: edits to text files (like README.txt) that are included in a social coding repository (like github).  My desire to avoid extended attributes is the same as the reason I remove .DS_Store files before I commit changes to a repo - they are system-specific and are otherwise useless (or possibly obstacles?) to others.  TextEdit is for editing text.  Scripts and READMEs are text files.  I also use it for all sorts of other text files which I process on the command line, like fasta and fastq files.  TextEdit (while it definitely lacks features other editors have) has useful features that other editors do not have or do not do well, and I've been using it since the beginning and will continue to use it despite the alternative preference or opinions of others.  It has only become a problem the other day, when for some reason, I was unable to run a script that I had run and then opened in TextEdit to make a very minor change, and then found I couldn't run it again.

But perhaps I'm wrong about my main concern?  Perhaps it wasn't even TextEdit that added the quarantine attribute, because I've been unable to reproduce that issue.  So does TextEdit ever add the quarantine attribute, and if so, when?

I wrote an automator service I can use to remove attributes on selected files, but if there's a way to change TextEdit's behavior, that would be preferable.  Otherwise, I'll probably also add an xattr command to my checkin wrapper.


texts: How to know if the new MacBook is charging while turned off?

texts: I recently bought the new MacBook 12" and since it uses a USB-C port and not the traditional MagSafe one, I wanted to know if there is some way for me to know whether it is charging or not while it is switched off. I know that when we connect the charging cable we get a sound and the battery percentage shows up on the screen but I wanted to know if there is a way to know that in-between the charging without booting up.


texts: OS X Lion - Please help me understand Finder "Find"

texts:
I'm a long-time Mac user, but for some reason I can't get my mind around this. Maybe I'm missing something incredibly obvious.

Baseline: When I choose Finder->File->Find, I get a window titled 'Searching "MacHD"' where "MacHD" is one of two Search places listed just below, to the right of the text "Search:" I see two potential search-places currently defined, "MacHD" and "This Mac". "MacHD" is the default, which generally works for me -- except when I need to restrict the search.

Q1:  How do I add to the list of potential search-places?  Say, I often want to search ~/Documents/Foo only.  To the right, I see a Save button and a "-", but, intuitively, I kind of expect a "+" button there.  I assume there's some kind of equivalent, but I can't see it.

Q2: What are the parameters of this Find? How would I find out? System Preferences -> Spotlight -> Search Results allows me to re-order and eliminate some search results from visibility, and System Preferences -> Spotlight -> Privacy lets me excludes some places from indexing, but how do I know, for example, if a file inside the System folder is or isn't findable?  Yeah, I can do a trial search and find that the file /System/Library/Accessibility/AccessibilityDefinitions.plist is NOT found, so I infer that Spotlight doesn't index the System folder. But is there a more direct way of figuring this out?  Could I add the System Folder to Spotlight's indexing?

At the moment, I'm searching for a mislaid image file among tens of thousands I've collected in various places on my HD. My procedure: I set the Finder find to look at "MacHD" and tell it to find all image files, change the results window to icon view, use the slider at lower right to make the icons "large", grab a cup of coffee, and scroll through all the images. But I'm not confident I'm getting a look at all the images I've placed throughout my HD. Is there a better, more thorough search method? Can I get more control?

Yes I know about the shell (command line) find command.  In one command I can get a list of, say, all *.jpg files on my HDD, but I can't see a convenient way of displaying and scrolling through them that's nearly as good as the Finder provides.

No doubt there's a tutorial for using Finder "Find" somewhere on the web that will put me right, but I haven't located one.


texts: Is Apple eSim on Watch 3 / iPhone XS proprietary standard?

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Is it a proprietary standard? I know GSMA has a standard by the same name but if it is not proprietary, then why does Apple list all the supported carriers on their website? They wouldn't know what carriers do and don't support the standard in let's say Germany?

Is there some way Apple has control over what carrier they will allow to be used on the phone / watch?


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I have recently created a blog and hosted that on a freehosting website.

domain is purchased from hostgater
Website is hosted on freehosting.
On hostgather nameserver has been updated as per suggested by freehosting.

Probem

If I open from my andriod mobile it shows correct page.
My mac shows the page from hostgater which ask me to update the nameserver.

Wesbite: allabouthadoop.net

C02V48Y7HTD5:~ gaurang.shah$ nslookup allabouthadoop.net
Server:     2001:1970:c06e:c0::94
Address:    2001:1970:c06e:c0::94#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   allabouthadoop.net
Address: 192.185.0.218

C02V48Y7HTD5:~ gaurang.shah$ nslookup 192.185.0.218
Server:     2001:1970:c06e:c0::94
Address:    2001:1970:c06e:c0::94#53

** server can't find 218.0.185.192.in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAIN


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Overnight, my MBP would not power on with the power button. The Battery was full and the LED on the charger was green. SMC Reset did not bring any results.
So I opend up the Mac, disconnected and connected the battery from the logic board and connected the charger to MPB. MPB turned on automatically, but the power button still doesn't work.
I had problems with Caps-Lock and a few keys, but after cleaning the keyboard connector they disappeared.
Power Button still does not work. Any suggestions?


texts: Is there a hack for "Save As..." command?

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The only thing I like about Microsoft's implementation of the Common User Architecture is the Save As... feature, which makes it easy to use cloud storage, local backups, etc. I know, I know, you can always use "Duplicate" and "Move" the copy. That takes considerably longer than "Save As...". It's a real workflow-disrupter.
In recent version of macOS, this functionality has likely disappeared. Is there an easy way to get it back (or to add it to the menu again)?


texts: If I use Safari in full-screen mode, I can’t open a new window via keyboard shortcut unless I simply toggle the “File” menu. Bug or feature?

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I just discovered this odd issue in Safari 12 under macOS Mojave (10.14). It might exist in older versions of macOS but I didn’t start using full-screen—and Mission Control—in earnest until around macOS Mojave (10.14). And it’s reproducible from my experience across multiple macOS installs between my personal machines, the Apple store machines and even on my work computer.
Open up Safari, click the green dot in the upper left-hand corner to make this screen fullscreen and then hit the key combo for a new window in full-screen mode: Option+Command+N. Nothing happens.
Now move your mouse over to the “File” menu in Safari and just toggle it. With that done, hit the key combo for a new window in full-screen mode again: Option+Command+N. It works! Not only that, it works from that moment forward without any toggling of the “File” menu dance.
Is this a bug or a feature? If it’s a bug, how can I report it to Apple? If it’s a feature… Why is this desired functionality?


texts: How can I install the X11 version of Firefox on Snow Leopard? (Preferably without MacPorts or Fink?)

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I’m doing some screen-scraping using Selenium, a framework which lets you programmatically control web browsers on your system. I’m running it as part of a web app on a Linux server, and on my MacBook Pro for when I’m writing the web app.

On my server, Selenium uses Firefox headlessly (by using Xvfb instead of a real display). I’d like to do the same thing locally, so that I don’t have Firefox windows popping up all the time whilst I’m writing and testing Selenium code. In order to do this, I need to install the X11 version of Firefox on my Mac.

I’ve seen a lot of references to MacPorts and Fink, but is there a way to just install the X11 version of Firefox, rather than installing MacPorts or Fink just for this one-off?


texts: Multiple kernel panics caused MacBook Pro 13'' Mid 2010 13'' to not boot anymore

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For the last months I have had a problem with my MacBook Pro crashing when I applied pressure on the back described here in more detail:

MacBook Pro Mid 2010 13" freezes/restarts when applying pressure on specific part on the back

Since I didn't want to invest in a new MacBook I continued to use it without moving it around, which went fine for most of the time. Only sometimes I had a kernel panic when I had a lot of tabs open in Safari at the same time, for example.

Yesterday, however, after another kernel panic my MacBook wouldn't boot anymore. After the apple sign at the start (the starting tone is normal) it let's me choose the language and then shows me the macOS Utilities, also, booting in safe mode is not possible. First aid didn't work, it showed me the following errors (first picture: when I run first aid from the upper icon "Samsung SSD...", second picture: when I run first aid from the lower icon "--" - also the SSD doesn't have the name I gave it anymore in disk utility, in the first aid report however, it's still shown).

The last time machine backup I made was about a week ago so it's not the biggest crisis if last week's data is lost. Therefore the first thing I tried was "Restore From Time Machine Backup". When it asked me where to put the backup nothing showed up to choose from.

Next thing I tried was "Reinstall macOS", but here when it asked to to choose where to install it, it only showed the 2.15 GB recovery partition.

Then I tried to erase the whole drive in disk utility which didn't work. (I guess because I'm accessing macOS Utilities via the recovery partition so I can't erase the whole drive while using part of it?)

I also put the SSD in an external case and connected it to another Mac but it only showed up in disk utility, not on the desktop. When I tried first aid from the other Mac it reported no problems, S.M.A.R.T. status is "verified", both in disk utility on my MacBook and on the other Mac. What is also weird is that it reports all the memory to be used, altough it had around 20GB free.

Also I started the MacBook four times with always just one (4GB) RAM in both of the slots to check if the RAM and the slots work.

So that leaves me with a few questions:

Is my SSD dead (maybe because of too many kernel panics)? How would I know if I can throw it away? Would it even be possible to see macOS Utilities if it was completely broken? (I have experienced a few HDDs dying on me and I have an idea of how they behave when it's time to say good bye but a dying SSD is new to me.)
My SSD is a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB, about 5 years old by the way.
If it isn't dead can I save the data on it? (Not the highest priority because of the recent Time Machine Backup)
I noticed that if I apply pressure on the point which always caused a kernel panic or flex the MacBook a bit it does not cause the MacBook to crash anymore. Does that mean that the problem described in the other question (link above) was a software issue after all or would a poor connection, a crack in a circuit board or an intermittent short circuit, etc. just not cause a crash in recovery mode?
What are the next steps? Put the SSD in the external case again and format it from another laptop and try to install an OS via a USB memory stick?


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Since updating to iOS 11, I've lost the ability to surface apps from the swipe-down Spotlight search field. This was my preferred method of launching apps as it was quite a lot more convenient than swiping through endless pages of icons.

I found a couple of references (MacObserver, Reddit) pointing out that this behavior has been changed in iOS 11. Users are now forced to enable Search & Siri Suggestions for EACH app (found under Settings > Siri & Search)

If you do not do this, then the only way to surface an app via Spotlight is to type out the FULL APP NAME verbatim. Yes, that's C-a-l-c-u-l-a-t-o-r.

Not enough, apparently...

That last R — convenient!

Also, search does not yield the same result as past versions. Now, content from within the apps is also displayed. For example, if Evernote has its Siri function enabled, not only will the app itself show up in Spotlight, but also any notes inside Evernote that contain your search term. This is unwanted and potentially hazardous to privacy.

There seems to be no way to disable this or revert its behavior. I am posting this as a warning as well as a plea to any Apple engineers who might stumble onto this post. Apple, please fix this broken feature.


texts: Replicate Loopback recording of audio coming from Zoom and an Airpods microphone using Blackhole?

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I am trying to replicate the following:

from Loopback, but in Blackhole. I understand that using Blackhole I must create aggregate/multi-output devices in "Audio MIDI Setup". I would like to be able to record zoom video/audio using Quicktime screen recording. So far, I have been unabel to set it up. Here is what I have in Aggregate and Multi-Output devices. What pairing should I be choosing?


texts: Need Help w/Step by Step for Restoring YouTube on 1st Gen iPad w/iOS 5.1.1

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A generous soul shared some useful information about this issue here (https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/175075/123732), but there are a couple of details that might be obvious to a veteran Apple person that are not obvious to a newcomer such as myself. Primarily, it's not clear to me where the steps are executed. I'm assuming that all of these steps are happening on a computer with iTunes installed, and that step 4 is referring to plugging the iPad into the computer. That makes the most sense to me, but this is all new to me so some clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance! :-)


texts:
I have set up PHP and MySQL, however MySQL wants the mysql.sock file in /var/mysql, which is fair enough. I change the directory to /var/mysql however every time I restart my computer mysql.sock gets deleted and I can't work.

Has anyone got any ideas on how I can fix this problem?


texts:
I ran FileVault on my MacBook Pro. It seemed to be OK, generated the passcode etc. All happy. Next log on failed. Grey Screen. Tried both users with correct passwords. Nothing. Grey screen, short attempt at loading then power down.

Entered key, same problem. Grey screen, a line appears mid screen and makes about 10% progress across the screen then stops, and we power down again.

I am now stuck with just a basic Safari screen and no access to any data. Have I lost the lot? Can I recover?


texts: Is there an audio player with waveform seekbar?

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I'm looking for a player with seekbar that displays the waveform of the playing song, like http://foobar2000.org + http://foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_wave_seekbar

Specifically, a seekBar is an extension of ProgressBar that adds a draggable thumb and also provides a waveform preview of track in the background of the bar's on-screen area.


texts:
I got a SteelSeries headset for Christmas and I plugged it into my MacBook Pro. The audio output works fine, but I am having issues with the audio input.

I saw this post which talked about some power issues to the microphone on the Mac Mini… I did not quite get what they were discussing, though.

I also found this link which says:

  Some microphones require power on the stereo mini jack and may not work on Mac systems. Try to check for Mac compatibility when buying USB microphone sets. Unamplified PC microphones often won't work.

The SteelSeries FAQ says I need a USB sound card to use the microphone with a Mac.

Does this mean I can't use my headset because it needs power from the computer? If yes, is there a workaround?

Does anyone know of any VERY cheap sound cards?

Why doesn't my microphone work?


texts:
Help!
I made the horrible mistake of trying to update to Big Sur and now I’m stuck in a failed install cycle. I can’t start safe mode, the screen just goes black and nothing else happens. When I started in recovery mode I found out the problem with the install was that there isn’t enough space for Big Sur, fine, but I can’t stop it trying to install because I can’t get into the computer to get rid of the install file. I tried to revert to a time machine back-up from an external hard drive but even that failed.
Is there some way of interrupting the install so I can just get rid of the stupid thing?
If not is getting a disc of an earlier operating system and trying to boot from that likely to work? I don’t want to do this as I imagine I would lose all my data...?


texts: Mac Sierra - Batch Convert Pages to Plain Text

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Trying to batch convert pages to plain text but I keep running into issues with file permissions. (Using Sierra 10.2.3 after upgrading from 10.2.2)

  filename could not be exported. You don't have permission.

Two methods so far:

on run
    tell application "Finder"
        set mfolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:me:Documents:convertme:"
        set theFiles to name of every file of folder mfolder
    end tell
    set theFolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:me:Documents:converted:"
    tell application "Pages"
        activate
        repeat with aFile in theFiles
            open aFile
            set sourceFolder to POSIX path of aFile
            set newsourceFolder to characters 1 thru -8 of sourceFolder as string
            set theFolder to newsourceFolder & ".txt"
            export front document to POSIX file theFolder as unformatted text
            close front document
        end repeat
    end tell
end run

Also tried with Automator: on Ask for Finder Item

function run(input, parameters) {
    inFile  = Path( input );
    outFile = Path( input.toString().replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '.pdf') );
    pages    = Application('Pages');
    document = pages.open( inFile );
    pages.export(document, {to: outFile, as: 'PDF'});
    pages.close(document, {saving: 'no'});
    return outFile;
}

Permissions on folder set to: everyone read&write


texts: How to install Safari 10 on OS X El Capitan?

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After update Safari 10 Safari doesn't open anymore.
Is there any option to install Safari 10 or 9 from in 10.11.6 ?


texts: After I set a blank password to my admin account, My account icon was removed from login screen and I'm completely locked out of my Mac. Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to install SSD with 6Gb/s in Mac pro Mid 2010?

texts: Is it possible to install Solid State Drive with 6Gb/s speed in Mac pro Mid 2010?


texts:
In my apple account there is $0.15. When ever I try to change my country it says "you have store credit balance; you must spend your balance before you can change stores."

If there is a way to change countries please share your info.


texts: It seems to me I'm not able to add my Apple ID to my MacBook, which would be handy if I ever needed to reset my password online for example. There's supposed to be a Set Apple ID section here according to my Google searches, but there isn't. Is there anything I need to do to be able to add the Apple ID? Curiously enough, I am able to see the device under iCloud's find my device.


texts: Can´t mount encrypted external hdd after encryption was interrupted

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After I plug the disk it requests the password, I enter it and then it says it is not readable by my computer.

Then with Terminal I ask diskutil cs list and displays that info about the volume (see below.) Can anyone interpret this for me?  Is it possible for me to be able to recover my info?

Logical Volume Group FFC77AC9-4B24-4D6B-9CD2-6EC58562423B
=========================================================
Name:         LaCie 4
Status:       Online
Size:         5000532242432 B (5.0 TB)
Free Space:   18919424 B (18.9 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume BF23ACC1-74C9-41D4-B9D6-6C3D6985883E
|   ----------------------------------------------------
|   Index:    0
|   Disk:     disk2s2
|   Status:   Online
|   Size:     5000532242432 B (5.0 TB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family ED69BA8E-B63F-4CDE-87EE-D36EF1BE96B9
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
    Encryption Status:       Unlocked
    Conversion Status:       Pending
    High Level Queries:      Not Fully Secure
    |                        Passphrase Required
    |                        Accepts New Users
    |                        Has Visible Users
    |                        Has Volume Key
    |
    +-> Logical Volume 37A4053B-08AE-4595-AA9A-67DEBEBC6C3B
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Disk:                  disk3
        Status:                Online
        Size (Total):          5000161001472 B (5.0 TB)
        Conversion Progress:   Paused
        Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
        LV Name:               LaCie 4
        Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: Is there any multiple terminal emulator for Mac OS?

texts:
I love the command line and I would like to see an app like Terminator (for Linux) in my MacOs:

It seems there are ports of that app for Mac available using Fink or Ports. But I found it's a hell to install them... it depends on a lot of things which depends on other things which... etc.

So I've been wondering if there's a MacOS native app like that (free or not)...


texts: How can I echo shell script in Automator?

texts:
I have an Automator service which runs a shell script (ffmpeg command).
I'm looking for a way to see the output of the terminal while ffmpeg does it's thing.
Adding echo to the ffmpeg command doesn't work. I read this can be achieved using AppleScript but I wish to stay in bash if possible.
Further more, presenting a progress bar of the transcoding would be just awesome.
This is how my Automator action looks like:


texts: Time Machine often says, "No Backups for # Days" even though it should back up every weekday

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I have a late 2014 MBP that I hook up to power and an external hard drive at work every weekday for 8 hours. I've been running Yosemite for less than a week, and before that I was running Mavericks.

Time Machine only seems to complete a backup once or twice every 2 weeks. Today I got a message that said, "No Backups for 10 days." I see similar messages all the time, and I think usually they say there haven't been any backups for 5 or more days. If I open Time Machine, I can see numerous entries in the timeline for the past several days--I assume these are the "snapshots."

What could be causing Time Machine to fail to complete for so many days in a row? Is there something I can do to improve its success? If not, am I at least safe as long as it completes once in a blue moon and shows recent snapshots in the Time Machine app?

Edit: after connecting at work today, the Time Machine settings dialog said something to the effect of, "Next backup: when disk is connected."  I unplugged the disk, then plugged it back in at 1:57 PM and it changed to, "Next backup: Today, 1:47 PM." I still don't understand why it doesn't seem to detect the disk when I initially connect it.


texts: Unable to do a partial screen recording on OSX with quicktime

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I am using multi-screen: I am using the primary screen of my MBP plus two external monitors via displayport

When I start the screen recording, it is the message I see on my screen

I go on to select an area for recording

It is where I get stuck: there is simply no way I can start the recording after the selection. I clicked, tried to access the Quicktime app, tried some key combination. But nothing will get the recording to start.

How can I start a the screen recording for part of the screen?


texts: How long does it take for a review to appear in the App Store?

texts: On Friday, I went into the App Store on my iPhone and submitted a review for a game.  I just checked all the reviews for that game, and my review hasn't appeared yet.  About how long does it take for a review to appear in the App Store?


texts: In Shortcuts, how to find a specific photo?

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In Shortcuts, I added a PHOTOS / Find Photos action and I want it to select a certain specific photo. I see there is a filer "Name is something", but it does not seem to work.
I tried to enter the filename (IMG_123.PNG), but it does not find the correct photo.
Is the "Name" filter referring to some other name of the photo? The Caption (in shortcuts "Caption" is not offered as a filter) maybe?
Using iOS 14.3


texts: Attaching images into Notes for iCloud Web

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I use Apple's Notes app on my Mac, iPhone and iPad. At times, I need to log into Notes for iCloud via a Web browser (using another Mac, PC or Linux box) using the web application to access my notes without the usual apps.

https://www.icloud.com/#notes2

While I am easily able to add an image in Notes for iOS (by inserting) and Notes for macOS (by dragging), I couldn't find a way to add images to a note using Notes for iCloud Web interface.

Is it possible to add an image (using a desktop file explorer app) to Notes for iCloud web app?

To clarify, I am looking for a way to add image(s) from a public/non-personal computer where I don't have access to my iPhone, iPad or Mac. Only possible way to access notes in this case is via iCloud web site.


texts: How can I watch an AVI file on my iPhone?

texts:
I understand that the bundled apps for iPhone does not support AVI files. However, I have lots of these files which I want to watch on my iPhone.

Can you suggest a streamlined, automatic way of doing this? I have never watched videos on my iPhone or iTunes before and would appreciate step by step answers.


texts: How to use cd with shell variable containing spaces

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I am trying to create an environment variable for a path that is long, has a space, and syntax.

I tried the following:

export temp=/Users/username/Dropbox (Personal)

And added it to my .profile.

I also tried:

export temp='/Users/username/Dropbox (Personal)'
export temp="/Users/username/Dropbox (Personal)"
export temp=/Users/username/Dropbox\ \(Personal\)

None of the above work. My end goal is to type cd $temp or cp $temp.


texts: Encrypting Disk stuck on "Status: Checking"

texts:
I have a Mac mini with 2 disk, and I wanted to encrypt the second (non-boot) disk. I used Finder's right click > Encrypt to start the encryption process. However, it seems to be stuck.
diskutil cs list outputs:
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 51...
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Offline
    Size:         0 B (0 B)
    Free Space:   -none-
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 8F...
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Index:    0
        Disk:     disk1s2
        Status:   Checking
        Size:     998999998464 B (999.0 GB)

and diskutil cs info 51... outputs:
Core Storage Properties:
   Role:                       Physical Volume (PV)
   UUID:                       8F...
   Parent LVG UUID:            51...
   Device Identifier:          disk1s2
   PV Size:                    998999998464 B
   PV Status:                  Checking

It has been stuck on "Checking" for quite a while, and looking at Activity Monitor shows no processes using CPU or Disk, leading me to believe it has gotten stuck. How can I move forward and get my disk out of this situation?
Edit:
Checking the Console, I keep seeing the message debugPortal: kCoreStorageGetGroupSparseState invalid lvg uuid pop up every second.
Edit 2:
The disk has now disappeared from the Finder and Disk Utility, however it still appears in diskutil and diskutil cs, though no diskutil cs commands work, they just say the UUID is invalid.


texts: Can I control QuickTime Player with the keyboard?

texts:
I'm trying to transcribe a video in Irish Sign Language. That means lots of pausing and playing, and frequently jumping back five seconds. Using the mouse to achieve this is a complete and utter pain. Unfortunately, I'm using the school's Mac computers, which have QuickTime only.

VLC Media Player on Windows or Ubuntu will take the space bar to pause or play, and the left arrow key to jump back a bit. Can I do anything similar with QuickTime?


texts: Apple iPhone 4 does not recognize my DC car charger AC charger works fine. I bought a new DC charger and it still does not recognize that charger. I took it back and exchange it for another one and it does not recognize it as ever being plugged in. I did not buy a cheap charger—that was a $30 charger.


texts: How to identify and fix files with corrupted / inaccessible disk blocks

texts:
I have a late 2011 Macbook Pro, running Mavericks 10.9.2. Its sole HDD is a 750GB drive, formatted with Bootcamp. It's still running reasonably well, but in running a defragment pass on it, I've identified that there are a bunch of files which are refusing to be moved by the defragmenter (iDefrag).

iDefrag reports a POSIX error code of 5 when accessing the files. Picking one at random and trying to copy the file to another location in the shell also reports an error, which makes me think the problem is real and with the disk / FS. Output of cp is:

cp: unity_nophysx.nexe: Input/output error

Error code 5 is 'access denied' as far as I'm aware, but the defrag process is running as administrator and running cp using sudo on the suspect file makes no difference.

Disk Utility, fsck and the Apple Hardware Test all claim the disk is fine. No SMART errors reported, and while there were some permissions errors, they weren't with the files iDefrag is complaining about, and Disk Utility claims to have fixed them without complaint.

There are maybe a hundred or more corrupted files, but still a very small fraction of the drive. As far as I can tell, no system files or crucial data are affected. While it would be nice to retrieve the data, I don't mind reinstalling or going to backups. At this point I don't know if it's really the drive dying, just some bad sectors due to the drive being moved while writing, or some other minor corruption that can be worked around. I'm assuming the worst case, and that most likely I'll have to get a slightly larger HDD and clone the existing drive to avoid having to rebuild the system.

My question is really how I go about marking those broken files as properly broken and fixing or purging them, so that a clone of the disk will succeed and not get hung up on files / blocks it can't access. Disk Utility isn't seeing the problem, and I don't know of any command line or third party tools which will do the job. I don't want to write off the entire disk and start from scratch, as the drive seems otherwise healthy, so I'm looking for repair / diagnostic tools.


texts:
My team is working with Mountain Lion MacBook Pros, and we're using the GNU CLI tools, like wget and watch, intensively.

Whenever a new team member joins us, we tell the new hire to install homebrew and get the whichever CLI tool required by brew install.

We would like to automate the process, and prepare a list of GNU CLI tools which will be installed on every new machine.

Is there any list of classic GNU/Linux CLI tools available in homebrew?


texts:
Since notes.app seems to accrue a "rolling history" of data and doesn't automatically save out versions of your files to disk in any reasonable way (date stamped, etc), I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to access the history of the note data you have accrued.

Specifically this came up because I am trying to restore something that I have lost, because the undo command doesn't work in the app.

Any tips would be appreciated.


texts: Convert a live photo to video on iPhone without using an external app?

texts: Is there any way to convert a live photo to a short video without moving the photo off the iPhone and without using any external app?


texts: Custom Settings: disable Siri and Dictation

texts:
Using an MDM and creating a Configuration Profile with a custom settings I need to disable Siri and Dictation.
I did find (I hope) the correct custom plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Assistant Allowed</key>
    <false/>
    <key>Ironwood Allowed</key>
    <false/>
    <key>Profanity Allowed</key>
    <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

But the part that I am not sure is what exact PREFERENCE DOMAIN The name of a preference domain (com.company.application) I need to use? This is confusing to me.  Can I just use a generic name?
For example: com.mycompanyname.whateveriwant
or I need to specify the correct name?
Example: com.apple.whatisthecorrectname
Just in case the second example is the correct answer and after you provide me the correct answer, can you please explain to me how did you get there (what is the logic behind) so next time I know.
Thank you so much in advance for your help.


texts: How to clear unread bullets after emails being read without need to restart the Mail app in iOS 14?

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I have updated my iPad operating system from iOS 11.4 to iPadOS 14.3. In the new updated OS when I open the Mail app to see new received emails in my account inbox, blue bullets next to unread emails do not clear after emails being read. In order that such bullets clear immediately after reading unread emails, I have to hard-close the Mail app (kill the suspended Mail app in the background) and reopen the Mail app; in this case the problem is resolved.
I wonder whether there is a solution for such a bug so that I do not have to restart the Mail app each time.
PS: It is worth saying that I never faced such a bug in the older iOS version.


texts: Safari 14 freezing/slow loading and iOS 14.0.1 bad network performance

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it's been 10 days since my MBP16 with macOS 10.15.7 (updated last week) and iPhone 6S with iOS 14.0.1 (updated as well 10 days ago) have problems with Safari. Slow loading, sometime the loading just freeze and to effectively load the webpage i need to tap reload a couple of time. I'm also experiencing general bad network performance on my iPhone.
On my macOS i've already enabled the Safari dev-tools in order to clear the cache.
On my iPhone i've tried to disable the WiFi private MAC address feature.
Internet connection is really good, other devices does not have any sort of problems.
What should i do starting from here in order to solve this annoying problem?


texts: Sudden proliferation of 'Too many open files in system' errors. Can't do backup

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My computer is showing signs of impending hard drive disaster. Time Machine recently killed all my backups and has not cooperated since. I tried backing up with Super Duper, but it quit after about a minute. The Super Duper log reported 'Too many open files'. I attempted a backup with Rsync and it hummed along fine for about an hour until it too started spitting out 'too many open files' errors and not copying anything. Carbon Copy Cloner worked longer but skipped a bunch of files.

Based on other posts here, I have maxed the open file limit and am running rsync again.  Though this process has not completed yet, I am posting here because I do not feel optimistic. I am seeing this 'Too many open files' error all over the place suddenly, so I fear that maxing the file limit is a workaround at best. (assuming it even works)

The first time I saw the 'Too many open files' error, I was running a shell script that involved uploading an archive to a remote server and unzipping it. I had done this numerous times before without incident. The number of files hadn't changed. I got this error again while running a Python script to build files using Jinja2. This was also a script I had run previously without any problems.

The sudden proliferation of errors of this kind coincides with a general degradation in the performance of my computer, which most frequently takes the form of app and system freezes that can only be resolved with forced restarts. At the very same time rsync choked this evening, Safari was hanging also. As ever, Force Quit was not available and so I had to force a shutdown. There are also more crashes than usual. A recent Apple update that crashed my computer on restart seems to have made everything much worse.

Carbon Copy Clone's Disk Center said my Hard Drive seemed to have Read/Write errors, though the Apple Hardware Test and Disk Utility have reported nothing out of the ordinary. Activity Monitor also does not show anything unusual, though I am not an expert in interpreting its output. I think there may be more disk activity than usual. CPU and Memory stats all seem fine.

Any ideas on what's going wrong here? Is it appropriate to assume the hard drive is the problem? It came with the computer, which is now four years old. Any other possibilities? Any recommendations on how to get everything backed up before the drive -- or whatever -- dies altogether?

I am running Snow Leopard on a mid 2010 15" MacBook Pro. I am attempting to back up to a brand new portable USB-connected portable drive which seems to work fine.


texts: iPad Pro aggressively killing background apps

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I have an iPad Pro 10.5" running iPadOS 13.3.1.

Today I opened the Facebook app, selected a post from my notifications and started typing a comment. Switched to Safari, opened a new tab, went to a web site and copied a link from there. Switched back to Facebook to paste the link, and was surprised that the Facebook app was killed, losing the comment I was writing.

I understand apps need to be killed because of RAM limitations, but this iPad Pro has 4 GB of RAM, and by my description, it's clear I didn't do anything that should hog so much RAM as to warrant this behavior.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this aggressive killing of apps in the future?


texts: How do I share my Internet connection wirelessly while using it on my MacBook Pro?

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How do I share my Internet connection wirelessly with other gadgets while using it simultaneously on my MacBook Pro?

I am using a Idea Netsetter 3g dongle for broadband Internet access. However, when I go to the settings to share it with other devices, the MacBook Pro is the only one left out of the connection.


texts: How do you enable Google Location History on an iPhone?

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I would like to enable Google's Location History on my iPhone so I can see my location history at https://www.google.com/maps/timeline.
I tried enabling this functionality as follows: Open the Google app > Menu > My Account > Personal Info & Privacy > Activity Controls > Location History. Here my iPhone is listed, with a disabled checkbox. A message is displayed that says "Use a location enabled Google app on the iOS device to change the setting". When I click on the checkbox to enable it, nothing happens.
I have Settings > Privacy > Location Services enabled, and Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Google Maps set to "Always".
Is there any way to enable the Location History functionality?


texts: MacBook Pro shows machine name as Mac-mini in public key

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When I checked my public key, it shows ssh-rsa mykey hari@Hari-Mac-mini.local

But I'm using macbook pro. Also hostname is correct. My old machine was mac mini.


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Is there any way to tell (programmatically - not by looking at the Finder) - using either Finder search, Spotlight [mdfind] or some other method - whether a file is solely in iCloud Drive, whether it is currently downloading to the local drive, or whether it has been downloaded?
I've looked at extended attributes of files that are in each of these states and not been able to see anything to differentiate them.


texts: What is wrong with this MacBook Air (2015)?

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I was donated a MacBook Air 2015 by a friend, and told that the screen didn't work but an external display was fine.
Now I have had a closer look, and the screen is black but the machine works fine with an external monitor (but the battery appears to be dead - the status icon said the battery wasn't charging).   I reset the pram and upgraded to latest MacOS, but it didn't help.
Running diagnostics gave me these codes:

The battery was not detected, Reference code: PPT001
There might be an issue with the display.  Reference code VFD004.
There might be an issue with the graphics processor.   Reference code VFD005.
Additional reference code: VFD001.

I had a look in the system report under Graphics/Displays and the built in monitor was not reported at all (which I expected) but the external one was.
What might be the problem?


texts: What can be done when Finder crashes constantly?

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Finder has started to crash constantly such that I can't click the icon in Dock. I can't click Apple in top-left corner of the screan (Finder also crash), I don't have any menubar icons from Apple like a Time Machine, Spotlight and the system is unstable. Safari crashes but what is confusing Google Chrome, Sparrow and other 3rd party apps works as normal. Only Apple menubar app that is working is Notification Center.

I tryied to start with safe mode but it failed to launch. I have turned verbose launch screen on before (it look more cool) so now I can see few error messages on start and after that information that my Mac passes some tests for a brief moment. Login in looks and works normal.

What is possible source of problem and how do I can fix that?

I have MacBook Pro Late 2011 with Mac OS Mountain Lion 10.8.2.


texts: Local Items keychain recovery after system wipe

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I recently wiped my Mac and now i need help restoring my old keychain. My website passwords used to be stored in keychain's "Local Items" (no iCloud sync) and I had made a copy of /Library/Keychains folder prior to wiping the Mac. As far as I understand those passwords are saved in /Library/Keychains/UUID/keystore-2.db which should not be accessible on any other system when transferred as it is linked to the original system by the UUID. The "Login" keychain is working fine, it transfers and unlocks without problems.
Found a lot of info online about this topic, but most problems were regarding transferring "Local Items" keychain to a new machine (which is not possible without first exporting to another keychain). My question is whether it is possible to somehow access the old "Local Items" keychain while I still have access to the same machine despite it being wiped and freshly installed? I have the old keychain files and know the unlock passcode.


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I have a SharpVision XV-DW100U projector, and I am trying to connect it to my Macbook Air running OS X Yosemite. I connect it to the projector and it displays right for a few seconds, then turns green. It displays fine on other monitors, so I think it may be a projector problem. I confirmed this later by pressing the button labeled RGB/Comp and it turns red. When it's green, it has the letters RGB along with the resolution and projector speed.

Just to clarify, it shows the image, just not the other colors. All other inputs work correctly except for the VGA input 1 and input 2.

Edit 2: cable is all right. It works fine with another monitor. Same goes for adaptor.

Edit 3: projector pins are all right too.


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How can I find out the current resolution the screen is running at, in OS X 10.10?

Under settings -> display (which is where I think it used to be), it shows the refresh frequency, but not the resolution.  Using the monitor's controls, I can see it's running at 3840x2160, but how would one find this out from OS X?


texts: Is there any reason a really old iPhone 4 would fail to backup notes?

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I was just looking at an iPhone 4 from one of my users, and I was unable to turn on the backup for notes because it says that I'm not using an iCloud email address.

The user in question already has an iCloud account, and I can log into it with the using http://www.icloud.com/ (which consequently also gives the same message).

Is there a way to get this working?  I tried creating a new iCloud email account, but it doesn't seem to like that either, stating that the email is not enabled for an iCloud email account.


texts: Crash/restore renamed SSD system disk and emptied

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I had what I think was a "system crash" of my 500 GB SSD that was my system disk. I now think it was because a keyboard malfunction was preventing proper boot operations. I have a 2008 MacPro running 10.11(El-Cap). I needed to boot in Recovery Mode and restore from Time Machine. Then the Applications folder was completely empty, leaving me with a rather useless machine. I found the Time Machine files (in the Backups.backupdb folder of an external drive) and one by one have partially repopulated the Applications folder with Finder and a few other apps (including Chrome with which I am doing this) from a older TM section of the backups, since the recent backups appeared empty in /Applicatiosn and /Library/Frameworks. The system disk used to be named SSD_1 and that's how it appears on my backup displayed in Time Machine, but it currently appears as "Macintosh HD2" in Finder. This which used to be the location of my Time Machine image before installing the SSD. There's also the old Macintosh HD displayed in the Devices side panel, which when you look at it with Get Info appears as "Macintosh HD 1". I'm a bit worried that a clean system install will trash all my applications. I'm also concerned that my "past end of life" machine won't get the right OS files from the Apple servers.

Ideas: 1) Use Get Info on the SSD to rename the startup SSD as "SSD_1" so that it matches the entry in the Time Machine backup files. Then <somehow> "bless" that drive to use archaic Mac terminology.

2) Or should I clean reinstall. Not even sure I can. Would need to do it over the network and this box is past Apple's end of life rules. This was originally a Lion machine IIRC. I'm not sure what the latest physical medium that holds a DVD image and my DVD door is stuck in the closed position anyway.

Update: As I use Time Machine more to see what's missing, I'm now seeing my old applications and contents of the Frameworks folder at least in the TimeMachine folders (but not on the "real" disk) . So apparently I was not waiting long enough to see the folder display get updated? Can I now use Finder and right-click/GetInfo to rename the SSD to it's old name and then restore from Time Machine? And how does MacOS determine the boot drive?

Eventually, I ended up buying a new Apple-branded keyboard and the system all came back as it used to be, except for renaming the SSD device. The answer below is correct in suggesting I make a recovery disk.


texts: How is the battery life on the new iPod Touch G5s?

texts: I had an iPod Touch G4 and the battery life was terrible.  Has there been any improvement in this area with the G5s?


texts: Choosing native screen resolution aspect ratio when screen sharing

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I have two Macs both running Lion:

iMac (early 2009, iMac9,1 with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120)
MacBook Air (Early 2011, first of the new shape 11.6")

I often screen share using the Macbook Air as the client, and presenting the screen from my iMac onto it.  When this happens the original iMac screen resolution is used and scaled down to fit into the lower resolution on the Macbook Air.

The iMac resolution native resolution is 1900x1200 (16:10), so when scaled down to Airs 1366x768 (16:9) it looks bad and doesn't fill the screen (even after using "full screen").

When I am in though, I can change the resolution, and have elected to put the display preferences menu bar item in to allow me to change quickly.

If I screen share using the normal physical display, I get the following choice of screen resolutions:

If I select to use the virtual display instead my choice of available screen resolutions changes to the following:

Oddly these are "extra" resolutions, but none of the available choices match the 16:9 aspect ratio of the Air, or equate to any of the supported 16:10 ratio resolutions of the Air, I only get options for the 4:3 aspect ratio.

Macbook Air Supported resolutions:

1366x768 (native), 1344x756 and 1280x720 pixels at 16:9 aspect ratio

1152x720 and 1024x640 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio

1024x768 and 800x600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio

I want to avoid scaling wherever possible, and use one of the 16:9 ratios that my Air supports to get full screen non scaled viewing.  I can get native vertical with horizontal borders at 1024x768, or I can get close to full screen after scaling with slim borders by using 1680x1050, but neither of these are ideal.

Is there any way to set my iMac to use these resolutions when I am connected via Screen Sharing?  I know the root cause is a fundamental mismatch in aspect ratios, but surely the iMac can support a 16:9 external display, so why not for a virtual display?


texts: How to use Homebrew to install terminal based Lynx browser instead of Cask (GUI)

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I am trying to get Lynx for use in the terminal up and running under OS X (Mojave). Using the commands under only installs Cask GUI (which appearst to require a licence regardless). Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Computer:~ username$ brew install lynx


texts: Airdrop seems to be missing on my Macbook Pro

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System:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
macOS 10.13.6 (17G14033)
Issue: I cannot send files to my MacBook Pro from my iPhones using Airdrop. When I try to share a file from a iPhone to the Mac using AirDrop, the Mac just doesn't show up among the available users. I looked for AirDrop among the Finder Favorites, and it's not there:

Following the instructions on this website, I navigated to the Go menu in Finder, selected Go to Folder and pasted in this path:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Applications

This is what I see:

However, if I click on the AirDrop icon, I get this error message:

What is happening? Can you help me get AirDrop to work on my Mac?
EDIT: there's no AirDrop item in the Finder → Go menu

the Shift+⌘+R shortcut doesn't seem to do anything at all, and finally both WiFi and BlueTooth are turned on:


texts: Is there any way to view iOS device logs on the Terminal?


texts: Need printer driver for samsung ML-1210 compatible with Mac OS X 10.11.6

texts: I use Mac OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and I would like to find and install a printer driver for an old samsung ML-1210 printer.  Can anyone help?  If yes, please tell me in simple terms, because I am not computer savvy!


texts: Can't install Homebrew on macOS Mojave; installer doesn't recognize Command Line Tools

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I'm trying to install Homebrew on macOS Mojave 10.14.6. To do this, I'm running the command line suggested at the Homebrew website:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Although my computer already has Xcode installed (updated to version 11 a few days ago, according to the version history), the Homebrew installer doesn't seem to be aware of this. Instead, it tries (and fails) to perform a fresh installation of the Command Line Tools.

Here's the output I get in the Terminal window:

==> This script will install:
/usr/local/bin/brew
/usr/local/share/doc/homebrew
/usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/brew
/usr/local/Homebrew
==> The Xcode Command Line Tools will be installed.

Press RETURN to continue or any other key to abort
==> Searching online for the Command Line Tools
==> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/touch /tmp/.com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand.in-progress
Password:
Timed out while loading data from the Apple Software Update server.
==> Installing the Command Line Tools (expect a GUI popup):
==> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select --install
Password:
xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer tools
Press any key when the installation has completed.

At this point, the computer displays a dialog box asking me to either (a) install XCode or (b) visit the XCode page in the App Store. Neither of these options does anything useful. (I either get to see a progress bar doing nothing for 5 minutes, or the App Store opens and confirms that, yes, XCode has indeed been installed.)

Is this a temporary issue caused by the version 11 update of XCode? Can anyone suggest a solution or workaround?


texts: Can I install an HDD in a MacBook Pro 13" 2015

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Is it possible to install my old MacBook Pro HDD into the latest 2015 model?
My understanding is that the 2015 model uses PCIe Flash Storage. Perhaps there is a slot for an HDD...

Alternatively, can I run the machine off my old HDD externally?


texts: How to enable AirPrint on iPod Touch after iOS 4.2 Upgrade?

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I have an iPod Touch (Model MC086FD) and upgraded to iOS 4.2.1 - all works fine. But I do not find the AirPrint Software on the iPod. Can I install it? How do I make my iPod print (emails etc.) when connected by WLAN?

I have a MacBook Pro with 10.6.6 Syncing with the iPod using iTunes 10.2.1. The printer is a Samsung CLX-3175FN connected by network.

I have no Print button in the share menu. Also I tried AirPrint Activator to enable for my network printer. Nothing helped.


texts: Is there a lexicon for the icons on a Mac?

texts: I want to know about the "lightning bolt" symbol and wondering if there is a lexicon or summary of the meanings of all these icons.


texts:
This seems like it should be simple, but I've googled and gooled and still can't find an answer.

How can I change the System font color on Mac OS X 10.6.7?


texts: How to deactivate Adobe CS6 install on a damaged/corrupt mountain lion OS hard disk?

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I have tried running the disk utility repair tool on my Mac OS HD to no avail.

So I moved on to backing as many files (Documents, iPhoto Library, Desktop Data etc...) as I could through my Windows installation on Bootcamp using MacDrive.

Although, I am ready to erase and format the HD, I am still wondering how I would re- install my CS6 suite (Desktop Application; not Creative Cloud) onto the formatted system without running into any activation/re-licensing issues.

Please note that I do have the original .dmg file (If not I could always download that from the original download portal).

However, from what I have read (http://forums.adobe.com/message/4867168), it seems like it is quite important that I deactivate and re-install on the cleaned system.
And there is no way I can open any of these applications since I cant get the disk to boot.

Any suggestions or workarounds?

Note: I do have a windows bootcamp with HD access to my Mac OS.


texts: How to move iPhone 3's Notes, Voice Memo to a computer before giving it away?

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I am giving away an iPhone 3 to a friend, and I can move all the photos and videos to a computer by copying the DCIM folder of the iPhone 3 (just like a USB flash drive or digital camera).

But I think the only other things are the Notes and the Voice Memos.  How can they be moved to the computer?  (I have been using the iPhone 4 for 1.5 years, so backing up the content of the iPhone 3 and restoring to iPhone 4 is not an option, I think, as it will wipe out my iPhone 4's content).

I know we can sync Voice Memos using iTunes, but I don't even have the computer that sync with the iPhone 3 any more, and it said that if I sync with any other computer, the content of the iPhone 3 will be replaced by the iTunes library on this new computer.  Can it still work?  As long as it doesn't remove those Voice Memos and still can move them to the new computer.

How about the Notes?  Is there a way?  I was going to email it... (not a perfect solution), but found that even though it connects to WiFi, but without a cell phone carrier any more, I can't send or receive data through WiFi either (see this related question posted by me:  When an old iPhone 3 can connect to WiFi but not associated with a Cell Phone carrier, can it still send files? ) Is it true?  Thanks for helping.


texts: How can I make Siri's geo-fenced reminders wait until I actually arrive?

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I'm walking my dog and tell Siri, "When I get home, remind me to take out the trash." It sets up a reminder keyed to my arrival at a location, my home address. So far so good, but the reminder actually goes off when I'm still about a block from home. By the time I actually get home, I've forgotten all about it.

Is there any way to make Siri/Reminders more accurately assess whether I've arrived or not?


texts: Sharing multiple files on iCloud by using System Events in Applescript: How to intercept an option?

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I am trying to share a folder with many Numbers files with iCloud, by sharing each file with an AppleScript and saving the path of each shared file so that I can send it to my collaborators. To do that, I use System Events. I got to the point in which I can share the files, but I cannot do something really simple.

By default, when you share a file  Numbers gives you the "Mail" option by default in the "Invite with..." . There is also an option "Copy link". If I find a way to select that option, I can get then everything else working.  However, despite my many attempts, I could find no way to tell System Events to change that default selection. Yet I can see what syntax Automator uses for the very same action, but when I copy that syntax into Script Editor, the action is not executed.

If you want to understand what the problem is, assuming that you have a 'test.numbers' file into your Numbers folder of your iCloud disk, the following script will share that file (paste it into the Script Editor app):

=====

    tell application "Finder"
        open POSIX file "/Users/[
   XXXPUT HERE YOUR USER NAME
   ]/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/test.numbers"

        end tell
    delay 2
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "Numbers"
            delay 1
            tell menu bar 1
                tell menu bar item "Share"
                    tell menu "Share"
                        delay 1
                        click menu item "Share Link via iCloud…"
                        delay 1
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
            click button "Share Spreadsheet" of UI element 1 of sheet 1 of window "test"
            delay 5
        end tell
        delay 5
        tell process "Numbers"
            tell menu bar 1
                tell menu bar item "Numbers"
                    tell menu "Numbers"
                        delay 1
                        click menu item "Quit Numbers"
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell

=====

However, I found no way to do the simple extra step of changing the default value of mailing the link (you will see that the script paste the link into a message.

Does anybody have any clue as to how to achieve that? I tried the following possibilities, from a call to "System Events":
--click image 1 of UI element 3 of row 1 of scroll area 1 of UI element 1 of sheet 1 of window "test" of application process "Numbers"
--click button "Copy link"  of row 1 of scroll area 1 of UI element 1 of sheet 1 of window "test" of application process "Numbers"
--click UI element 3 of row 1 of scroll area 1 of UI element 1 of sheet 1 of window "test" of application process "Numbers"

When the script does not complain, the action is simply not executed.
For clarity, I am talking about selecting the option "Copy Link" in the pasted image:

Any suggestion is welcome.
Thanks,

(Using OSX El Capitain 10.11.5)


texts: How do I use a numerical variable and a loop in automator?

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Since scripting is not that powerful in case of Preview.app, I am trying to find the solution with Automator. Here's the problem:

I've got a protected pdf file of 130 pages. It happens that I can't print it, but I can save it page by page as jpg file. The problem is when I save it as jpeg, it closes the original file and opens the newly created jpeg file. So the task is pretty much simple (with the proper knowledge of variables and loops).

I need to make a loop, that would open my pdf file with Preview.app, go to page number i, save the document as i&".jpg", wait a second and close Preview.app.

I can't find any example of building a loop.
The Russian translation is disgusting (and I am not aware of a simple way of making it English once again), which makes the task even harder.
I can't find any example of using variables as a parameter of the recorded 'Type' command.

After googling for a while, it looks like the best solution for this simple task  is to do that manually...


texts: Equivalent of iOS' 30/30 (task manager) app for OS X

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30/30 is a slick task manager for iOS devices that's also free. I'm trying to find an equivalent app for OS X. Some of the features in 30/30 that I would like to see in a mac app are:

Clean interface
Cycle a set of tasks ad infinitum (good for those long code-coffee-code-reddit-read-coffee-... cycles)
Start/stop/pause a task and adjust a task's time temporarily (e.g. +5/-5 mins)
Free or less than $5

Does anyone know of such an app? Here's a screenshot of 30/30 on an iPhone.


texts:
I am unable to pair my Apple Remote, which otherwise works perfectly, with my MacBook Pro.

My Mac responds to all the commands but the pairing one (I hold menu and next for about five seconds, but nothing happens).

How can I get my Mac and my remote paired?

I am running Mountain Lion, but I don't know if it is relevant to my issue.

I even tried the digital camera test and, when I press the two keys together, after some seconds in which no signal is sent I can see a blinking light.
Is that ok? Or should I be able to see the blinking light right immediately when I press the two buttons?


texts: How to recover emails backed up in iCloud

texts: I use Mail on my iPad mini iOS 9.2 with 3 different email addresses coming in, one of which is Gmail set up as IMAP to download onto my iPad and my iPhone 6. I have iCloud set to backup everything including Mail. Today, for whatever reason, all my emails from my Gmail account just disappeared as I opened Mail, and they are gone from my Gmail webmail online too. Gmail says they can't help. I am hoping that I might be able to recover them using my iCloud backup, but don't know how to do it. Please can anyone help? Thank you.


texts: iMessage not working after changing MAC address

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My iMessage is not working after I have changed my MAC address. I have restored my original MAC address, but it is still not working. My phone is an iPhone 4s, 6.1.3 jailbroken.

I changed my DNS, restored with iLex RAT (because I don't want to upgrade to iOS 8), then reset network settings, but it is still not working. How can I resolve this?


texts:
On a 120GB SSD hard drive in a MacBook only 70GB are available. The missing 50GB are not even shown as free space.

Here is what the output of Disk Utility looks like:

As you can see on the first screenshot the disk has 120GB. However, the partition chart on the same screenshot only shows 70GB. Also the other two screenshots show that only 70GB out of 120GB seem to be available.

The command diskutil list shows that the physical disk0 is 120GB big, but the synthesized disk1 only 70GB:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         70.0 GB    disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +70.0 GB    disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            60.2 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 21.7 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                509.9 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4


texts: What is the current latest version of Apple's Books app for macOS?

texts:
In the Books app on my Mac, About Books reports the version as version 1.16. Is this the current latest version?

I am running macOS 10.14. Wikipedia article for Apple Books mentions version 4.1 of iBooks for iOS.


texts: Can't use Boot Camp with drive already partitioned

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I'm running OS X Yosemite on a recently formatted 2010 MBP.

When I formatting the drive / installed Yosemite, I partitioned it with one partition called OS X and another partition simply called Partition.

I would like to install Windows 7 onto Partition and I'm under the impression I need to use Boot Camp in order to do that... it's been many years since I last did this however.

When I try to start Boot Camp, I receive the following error:

  The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended
  (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for
  installing Windows.

I was expecting to be able to view the partitions using Boot Camp, am I misunderstanding something? Do I need to re-partition my harddrive?

Or can I just insert my Windows disc and boot from Partition when starting up my Mac?


texts: How to make two internal SSD drives work best on a Mac

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I have a mid-2010 17" MacPro with two internal 1TB SSD drives, running Catalina.
My hope was that I might be able to figure out a way to make them work effectively as one by pointing the  "Documents", "Pictures" or "Movies" main folders to wherever I have space, much in same way as you can by setting up preferences in, for example, an app like iTunes. Not being able to do so means I have one SSD drive almost full and the other largely empty.
My question is: Has anyone else found a way to organize files in such a way that the Mac treats the two internal SSD drives effectively as one?


texts: How to get OS X Server (for OS X Mavericks) for free (as Mac or iOS Developer)?

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The Server.app for OS X Mavericks has a price tag of $19.99. Some websites mention it to be free for Developers who joined as iOS Developer or Mac Developer.

How do I get the redemption code for the OS X Server.app on Mavericks?

Here are two Articles on the topic:

Apple promoting automated continuous integration to iOS developers, providing free OS X Server copies | 9to5Mac.com

A power user’s guide to OS X Server, Mavericks edition | Ars Technica


texts: Recording audio with iPhone via input cable from laptop or similar source (not a microphone)

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For example, when I create a Vine video I would like to input a clean music track. Ideally I would just hit play on Spotify and then hit record on Vine and have the track from Spotify be the background for my Vine.

I envision this as a cable that could go from my laptop to my iPhone. The audio is outputting from my laptop and inputting to my iPhone.

I don't believe such a thing exists. Maybe there is some intermediate tech I can stick in between my laptop and iPhone to serve this purpose? Something like a mixer, but hopefully significantly cheaper.


texts: Can you get Apple Logo to glow upon new mail under Power Nap?

texts: Is it possible to be notified of new emails whilst on Power Nap, e. g. via a glowing Apple Logo or some LED (e. g. the LED on the charger)?


texts: How to get an old iCloud password reset?

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My kids locked my old account by putting in the wrong password too many times. I can't remember my security questions and I don't remember my recovery account email address.
How can I reset my password and change it all over to my new account?


texts: If we install "modified games" on our iPhone or iPad, what risks are we exposing ourselves to?

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For example, through TweakBox, AppValley, or even some website, we can install some "mod" or "modified games" (such as a Pacman that never dies, or a game that requires your location but the app can emulate the GPS location).

We have to go to Settings and "trust" the app. If we trust the app, to what extend of risks are we exposed to?  I don't believe the app can go to the Mail or Gmail app and look at our emails, for example. The only thing I can think of is that it fakes a log in screen to your iTunes account and lead you to type in the user name and password (Trojan horse), so I will always cancel such log in popup and go to iTunes and log in there myself.


texts: Is there a way I can run a script with a certain web page as the argument that will download all the images from there?


texts: How to stream my video files from the cloud?

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I use Dropbox to backup all my important files, but I'm running out of storage space on my computer.

Many of the files are video files that take up the majority of my storage, and it's not imperative that they're stored on my computer.

Is there a way to configure Dropbox so some selected files (in my case the videos) are stored in the cloud so I can stream the videos when I need to watch them, but otherwise they don't take up space on my local drive?

Or is there an alternative cloud service that provides this functionality?


texts: MBP 2011: Built-in screen mistakenly treated as external display

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System facts

MBP (Early 2011) (15")
OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
No external displays connected

Chain of events

Discrete GPU (AMD Radeon HD 6490M) goes bust [REF-1]
I managed to avoid the problem by disabling all GPU drivers to force system use of integrated drivers (intel)

Key problem

Since the GPU failure, my system has seemingly begun to treat the built in 1440x900 screen as an external display - this is what I want to fix
This is preventing me from using to GfxCardStatus.app to enforce integrated graphics mode (as the external display is apparently treated as a discrete GPU dependency)
For various reason I'd like to stop the system from attempting to harness the discrete GPU

Key question: How can I make OSX treat the built-in display as such, thereby allowing me to enforce integrated-only graphics?

[REF-1]
Apparently a widespread issue, lots of MBP 2011s discrete GPUs are frying around this time of year as a result of manufacturing faults. Google 'MBP 2011 GPU failure' for more information.

[FIG-1]


texts: What type of hash are a Mac's password stored in?

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On OS X 10.11 - I have opened up my user's .plist file, and have looked inside of the file.

I did this with the following command:

sudo defaults read /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/<username>.plist ShadowHashData|tr -dc 0-9a-f|xxd -r -p|plutil -convert xml1 - -o -

The file said SALTED-SHA512 in it, so I assumed it was a SHA512 hash.

But, I went to a few SHA512 hash generator sites, and I put in my password. I ended up getting a different hash than what was in the .plist file.

So, how do I convert what is in the .plist file into an actual hash, or exactly what type of hash is stored in the file?