texts: What is the username of the macOS recovery?

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so I am trying to add a user to the admin group on my computer, but I don't have any admin powers. I do however, know the password that allows me to enter the macOS recovery mode, which I think must be in the admin group and I could use to give another user admin powers.

Does anyone know the username of this macOS recovery account?


texts: Can I continue to use Win XP in Boot Camp when I upgrade to Lion?

texts: I bought my MacBook in mid-2008 with Leopard (10.5.2) pre-installed. On it, I installed (Japanese) Windows XP using BootCamp. I am now up to Snow Leopard (10.6.7) and I can continue to use Windows XP (currently at SP3) with no problems. If I upgrade to Lion, will I still be able to use my existing Windows XP installation? (N.B. If I can't, I shan't upgrade.)


texts: Use iPad socket adapter with MacBook Pro charger

texts: I have an iPad. Can I use its socket adapter (the part of the charger the connects to the socket) in my MacBook Pro charger


texts: Am i able to install Win 10 on a Macbook Pro '15 running Catalina (model no. 12,5) with/without bootcamp properly?

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I'm running Catalina 10.15 on this 5 year old Macbook Pro, and i was wondering if it could install the free version of Win 10 (possibly upgrading to full Windows 10 Home after) with the installer or media creation tool, preferably. I've researched other people change to Windows only using third-party tools not Bootcamp only (creating a partition for the OS, have a USB stick, then deleting macos and finally adding the drivers and programs needed).

Bootcamp would be my other choice of course if it isn't possible with either the model i have or macOS version. Hoping to have just Windows 10 on it because i am fed up with macOS and its limitations (don't know why i bought it back then, lol). Heard bootcamp does have a few kinks like boot time and other software stuff on Mac so thats why i'm not planning to do it like that.

So if anyone that knows all this well could get me through this, it'd be cool! Am decent with computers and all but not too savvy on Macs/macOS. Thanks.


texts: I recovered keychain files from a half wiped drive. Now nothing happens when I try to add them to my keychain app. What can I do?

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I wanted to downgrade from Big Sur Beta because of some bugs in apps. I followed the first few steps found on the Apple support website.
I got up to Step 4; Reformat and partition your startup disk.
I began the process of reformatting and I remembered my Time Machine is password protected and the password is found in my keychain!
I panicked and turned the Mac off to cancel the process.
Now it won’t boot, it just gets stuck at the loading screen. I have tried booting into safe mode and recovery mode and nothing seems to work. It even throws an error when I try and boot into internet recovery mode.
So I have used a second external device as a bootable drive to access the Mac and have managed to recover what looks like the keychain files. However when I try and add them to the Keychain Access app nothing happens.
Any ideas? I’m assuming something may be wrong with the file I’ve recovered. Is there way to decrypt the files? Or recover my hard drive?
TLDR: I recovered some keychain files from a Mac I (half) wiped. When I try to add them to the Keychain Access app nothing happens. I need the passwords in the keychain to unlock my time machine.


texts: Purchased an 'new' iPhone 8 from a 3rd party; when I tried to activate it, Sprint advised it was already activated/under contract

texts: The iPhone 8 arrived still 'new' in its original packaging, however I was informed by Sprint that the phone had already been activated & was under contract for the next 18 months. I filed a claim/dispute through Paypal who investigated and, fortunately, refunded my money. However, now I have a brand new phone that I cannot activate for myself; what can I do??


texts: Disable instant reboot by crtl-cmd-power or bring up a confirmation or wait timer

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Being a newbie to Mac I found it very strange that Ctrl+Cmd ⌘+Power instantly kicks my computer to reboot without even printing a warning of any sort.
The problem is that sometimes I mix it up with Ctrl+Shift+Power which is for screen lock. Neither I use any of these very often hence few times I accidentally hit reboot instead of screen lock, luckily without any unsaved work to recover..

Is there a way to either disable a instant reboot key combination or, if that's not possible then force to bring it up some "Are you sure" message ?

It's quite strange that such a dangerous feat is so easily accessible without any confirmation or keypress for X seconds before initiation of reboot is something user would expect at least.


texts: Fix for 2018 MBP internal speaker noise bursts?

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I have an issue with my 2018 15" MacBook Pro where the internal speakers will start to emit loud periodic bursts of noise after I've been using them for a seemingly random amount of time.

If I use an external audio interface, there is no problem. If I plug in headphones, there is no problem. If I enter sudo pkill coreaudiod in the terminal (or reboot), the problem goes away (because Core Audio restarts) but eventually comes back.

Apparently this is a known issue with 2018 MBPs, but I haven't found anything about a permanent fix online. I'm running full-updated High Sierra on it. Is there a fix available that I just haven't found in my searches? Can it be fixed with a replacement under Apple Care?


texts: How to remove only News from Siri Suggestions

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How do I remove only News from Siri Suggestions?

I like the quick access to frequently used apps and contacts there.

I don't like being informed of the latest murder spree, political news, or military calamity every time I'm just trying to get to the Mail app or find my wife's contact.

Is there a way to fix this terrible feature?


texts: iTunes playlists won't sort by Name anymore

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I have recently had to upgrade to Windows 10, and with the 2 subsequent downloads of iTunes, I can no longer sort playlists by Name (Song title), which is what I prefer on my iPods. They USED to sort like the Songs list does (just click on Name and voila). Now I get fancy, multi-coloured lists I can't read or manipulate in any way. Not user-friendly at all. Help!

If I hadn't just had to completely re-create all playlists; all ratings, and reinstall all music into iTunes with the change, I'd be a lot more patient, but this is already a 6-month project to get back to where I was before.


texts: how to scroll horizontally right on iterm terminal?

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I want to scroll horizontally since my window size doesn't cover all the info I need.

What's the shortcut to do this?

In the screenshot above, it would be useful to scroll right so I can see the extra info. Currently, I am resizing the terminal, but this takes time.


texts: What is the unit of `Power_On_Hours` in `smartctl`?

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Macbook Pro, OS: 10.13.6 (17G65)

9 days ago, my smartctl's output:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x000f   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1638

9 days later, today's output:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x000f   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1644

The macbook has been on from about 9:00 to about 22:00 everyday. The value from 1644 - 1638 = 6, it's definitely not hour, so what is it?

Edited:

If the smartctl's result in MacOS is incorrect, can anyone suggest me another tool which can check the correct harddrive's power on time? Thanks.


texts: How can I hide a specific software update in Mojave?

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In the App Store, we used to be able to "Hide Update" for any software we didn't want to update right now.  This feature seems to be gone, as I have an old program I downloaded once many years ago (BlackMagic Disk Speed Test) that I no longer use, and I have no desire to update it.  It's not even installed.
How can I get this update request to go away and stop nagging me?


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I'm a math phd student, who currently owns the mid 2009 13" MacBook Pro (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 memory and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB graphics).

I use my laptop mainly for surfing the web and watching tv shows/movies, but also as a research tool (e.g. Solving differential equations numerically and plotting various functions using Mathematica and MATLAB)

I'm really excited for the upcoming MacBook. It seems to be an improvement to my current Mac on every aspect except for the processor: It reads "1.1 GHz dual-core Intel Core M processor Turbo Boost up to 2.4 GHz/1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Core M processor Turbo Boost up to 2.6 GHz"

My questions are:

Is this laptop suited for my needs?
How often does this Turbo Boost kick in? If it does so often, I'll definitely get this one.

Thank you!


texts: Keep Finder location when switching between list view and icon view

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In Finder, if you are at a deep in folders or files while viewing as list mode and then you clicked on icons mode, the Finder shows all folders from the root of volume.  That is very annoying.  Because now you have to go to look for that location again.

See pictures for more details.

How do we keep the Finder to stay at the same location when switching from icons to list mode and vice versa?


texts: What are some good sources for Pages and Keynote templates?

texts: It doesn't matter whether they are for free or for purchase as long as they are compatible.


texts: Rolling back to a previous version of OS X Mavericks

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I installed the latest version of Mavericks and it broke some stuff (instruments) which I cannot afford to have broken.  Is there a way to roll back to my previous release?  Am currently on 10.9.2 and want to go to 10.9.1 or 10.9.

Regards,

Mark


texts: Playing MP4 videos from a website in iPad vs. iPhone?

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Are there certain formatting requirements or minimum resolution requirements for a video to play in an iPad? I had presumed that any video that would play in an iPhone would also play in an iPad.

But I have a website that includes videos. For browsers, these videos are displayed using Flash Video. These videos are also converted into MP4 files for playback on mobile devices.

Users can view our videos just fine using the iPhone and iPod Touch, but when someone goes to view the same video using the iPad it won't play the video.

What gives?


texts: is there a way on the Mac to activate a greyscale monitor option after a certain hour of the evening, just like you can do on samsung galaxy smartphones?


texts: Extending Display WITHOUT plugging in monitor

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So with the current pandemic I'm WFH, but didn't manage to bring my monitor back from work. So far I've been plugging my macbook into the TV to extend the display, then using screen sharing on my personal macbook to view the second display. This is a bit of a pain as I have to have the HDMI cable trailing accross the room, considering I'm not actually using a display.

So basically, can I simulate an external display so it works exactly how it is at the moment, minus having to plug into the TV?

TIA.


texts: Why can't I install telnet on my macOS catalina with Homebrew?

texts:
Here is the error information:

shawnstationdeMacBook-Pro:~ shawnstation$ brew install telnet
==> Downloading https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/remote_cmds/remote_cmds-54.50.1.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/shawnstation/Library/Caches/Homebrew/telnet-54.50.1.tar.gz
==> Downloading https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/libtelnet/libtelnet-13.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/shawnstation/Library/Caches/Homebrew/telnet--libtelnet-13.tar.gz
==> xcodebuild SYMROOT=build
Last 15 lines from /Users/shawnstation/Library/Logs/Homebrew/telnet/01.xcodebuild:
2020-02-29 03:04:09 +0800

xcodebuild
SYMROOT=build

Build settings from command line:
    SYMROOT = build

note: Using new build system
note: Planning build
note: Constructing build description
error: The i386 architecture is deprecated. You should update your ARCHS build setting to remove the i386 architecture. (in target 'libtelnet' from project 'libtelnet')

** BUILD FAILED **

Do not report this issue to Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core!

/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb:222:in `raise_api_error': curl failed!  (GitHub::Error)
curl: (7) Failed to connect to api.github.com port 443: Connection refused
curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb:180:in `open_api'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb:294:in `search'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb:227:in `search_issues'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb:240:in `issues_for_formula'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb:368:in `fetch_issues'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb:364:in `issues'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb:418:in `dump'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:137:in `rescue in <main>'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:29:in `<main>

Does anybody know why? thanks a lot.

My catalina version is 10.15.2 (19C57)
Home-brew version is

shawnstationdeMacBook-Pro:~ shawnstation$ brew --version
Homebrew 1.6.9
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision fab7d; last commit 2018-07-07)


texts: I don't have a delete button when I go to Settings, choose  Calendars, etc. then my gmail account I want to delete on my work iPad. I see only a sign-out option. Do I have to have my work delete my personal gmail account since they are the main account holder.


texts: Sudo command no longer functions properly

texts:
When I use the sudo command I get an error message.

sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

If I try to use chmod on sudoers I get the message "Operation not permitted". Can someone help me fix things so sudo works again?


texts: Is there a default location for 'linux too applications'

texts:
I recently moved to OS X from Windows 7. In Windows, pretty much everything gets installed to C:\Program Files\[application name] or C:\[application name]. In OS X /Applications seems to be roughly equivalent to C:\Program Files for all the consumer apps that I use.

But when it comes to a 'linux too' application (e.g. Python, Postgres, Node JS to name just a few) they seem to get installed all over the place. Only after spending a few minutes guessing and using find did I discover that Postgres executables were installed to /Library/PostgreSQL/9.1/bin/, v8 and Node were in /usr/local/bin. Often times these differ to the equivalent paths that I see Linux users refer to.

Is there a better way to discover where my apps are being installed than by having to use find each time? Shouldn't I be able to predict it with rules of thumb something like 'all database apps should go in /Library' so that's where I know to look for postgres, and 'all compilers and languages go in /usr/local/bin' so that's where I know to look for v8 after it's installed?


texts: Distributing more than 50 full versions of my application

texts:
I have an iOS application, and apparently I can have a max of 50 promo codes.

There is this kickstarter game: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293831888/pota-toss-amazing-indie-ios-game-with-gps-based-le

In the second reward tier, it says it will give a full version of the game for free. I see 98 backers.

How can they offer more than 50 full versions of their game? Do they use a method other than promo codes? Can someone request more promo codes?


texts: Where can I find the number of records for a specific entity in new CloudKit Dashboard?

texts:
In the previous version of Dashboard I was able to preview how many records were created by users of my app. But in the new dashboard, there is no info about the number of created addresses in the database. It was very useful to me.
Did I miss it, or was it dropped by Apple?


texts: Can a flashed Mac Pro 2009 (5,1) support macOS Mojave

texts: Can macOS Mojave be installed on a Mac Pro 2009 that has been flashed/upgraded to the 5,1 firmware (Mine already is) with a Metal supported GPU like a AMD RX 580?


texts: Setting up different profiles for left / right handed use

texts:
Im right-handed but, due to some posture issues, I've recently started attempting to use my mac left-handed.

So it's easy enough to set up the mouse so that it's left handed, but I could do with changing some keyboard shortcuts too.

I don't fancy having to customise my keyboard shortcuts each time I switch hands, as there may be occasions where I have to quickly switch to right-handed.

Is there a way to set up my Mac (whether it be using some kind of app if needs be) so that I can create different profiles to easily switch between the two?


texts: Why my Mac is showing only 250 GB out of 500 GB?

texts:
I have MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

It comes with a 500 GB hard but today when I checked it it's only showing 250 GB. Please tell me why is that?

Macintosh HD:

  Available: 81.57 GB (81,570,791,424 bytes)
  Capacity: 249.98 GB (249,984,860,160 bytes)
  Mount Point: /
  File System: Journaled HFS+
  Writable: Yes
  Ignore Ownership: No
  BSD Name: disk0s2
  Volume UUID: 805DC50A-074F-3D46-AEE2-0A3974FC8045
  Physical Drive:
      Media Name: APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 Media
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Protocol: SATA
      Internal: Yes
      Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

diskutil list


texts: How can I make sure my iPhone uses UK spelling and keyboard?

texts:
I use an iPhone 4s, with iOS 7.1.2

I have two keyboards installed.  The first is British and the second is Emoji.

When I tap the globe button it switches to emoji. When I tap it again it switches back to qwerty but the space bar will flash the text "English (US)" which then fades to the word "space". Tapping the 123 button in qwerty mode shows a £ sign; I have to tap the #+= button to show the € and $ signs.

The phone highlights colour as wrong, but not color.  I want to force British English spelling.

How can force the phone to use a UK keyboard?  How can I force the phone to only use British English spellings?


texts: I just got a new Yosemite HD. I am trying to get a page count on my pages documents. The directions say to go to the box in upper left corner, select 'word count' and select 'page count' on the pull down menu but all I ever see is '425 word count' on any document. No pull down menu and beyond changing to 'show' or 'hide' nothing else happens. Thanks for any help given.


texts: Closing a window in OS X Yosemite causes other windows to be made active

texts:
I have a Chrome window and this Chrome window covers the whole screen (not in the full screen mode, though). I also have 5 Finder windows under this Chrome window. So I can't see any Finder windows. Now I need a Finder window, so  I use Mission Control. Everything works well, but when I close this Finder window, other all Finder windows show up on top of the screen, I don't need them, I only need one window.

How can I prevent this?

This is happening all apps. Not just in Finder and I am using Yosemite 10.10.


texts:
I did: chflags hidden /Users/MyUser/Library/(theareawheremyfileis) and it hid my file.
I did this in Terminal, now I typed in ... unhidden ... and I can't seem a way to unhide the file I hid.

Along with that, I want a way to see all hidden files just using a terminal command, no matter hidden by the computer or hidden by the user using chflags.

So I need two different things.


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My young daughter tried to contact her friend via iMessage. Her friend's account is set up via her father's email address. My daughter later received unsavoury texts back. She deleted these straight away as there were swear words and she felt guilty about them.

One message remained on the iPod. It came from the father's email address, he claims that there must be a crossed line or his iPhone has been hacked.

Is either of this possible?


texts: Multiple gmail calendars creating notifications for multiple copies of each holiday

texts:
I have 3 gmails. One for my personal email in which I make calendar events, one for one job which has calendar events for that job, and one for a second job which has calendar events for that job also.
I use Calendar.app because it is well integrated with iOS and macOS. The issue seems to only affect macOS. (10.13.2)
The "Holidays in United States" sub-calendar of each gmail account has been unchecked, and the events do not appear in the calendar itself.
Today when I woke my MacBook Pro, I received 4 notifications for Christmas Day, which is tomorrow, one for each gmail account, and one for the built-in holidays calendar that Calendar.app gives you. I have since unchecked the use of the built in holidays calendar in Preferences.
I expected to get one alert because the gmail holidays sub calendars had been unchecked, so I'd get one single alert from the built-in calendar. But instead I get all of them.
I would like to configure this calendar app so that I only get one alert for a holiday. I would like to keep one so that it works as it is intended, so that I am informed about upcoming holidays. But I would like to not click Dismiss 3 or 4 times!


texts:
It seems that Time Machine does not backup system.log in /private/var/log.

Mac OS X 10.9.5/Six core Intel Xeon

Can I force that file to be backed up?


texts: iTunes Match questions regarding songs marked as "Uploaded"

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I have about 800 songs marked as "Uploaded".  I would love for them to be replaced by "Matched" 256kbps AAC files.

Will iTunes Match ever re-check songs that have been flagged as Uploaded at some later point. Is there a way to re-submit them for checking?


texts: How to make Alt+delete delete word in Mac Powerpoint?

texts:
Unlike just about every other Mac Program, Alt+delete does not delete the preceding word in Mac Powerpoint 2011. I find this unnecessary inconsistency very annoying.

Is there any way of making Alt+Delete delete a word in Mac Powerpoint?


texts: In Numbers, how can I get the spreadsheet to remain stationary on the page? I have tried to double tap thinking that would display and anchor the sheet but it doesn't work.


texts: How to uninstall Numbers and Keynote on Mavericks?

texts:
I installed Pages version 5 on Mavericks via the "App Store". But the problem is Keynote and Numbers are installed also.

I'm not interested in Keynote and definitely not in Numbers. I want to uninstall them. On Google, some people say use AppCleaner and others say don't use it because it will do harm.

So how to uninstall Numbers and Keynote (the right way)?


texts: Does the Mac mini (2018) support Intel Hyper-Threading?

texts:
I am using a Mac mini (2018) with a 3.0GHz 6-core Intel Core i5 processor. My understanding is that this chip has 6 physical cores.

The Activity Monitor shows performance graphs for 6 cores. On other Macs with Hyper-Threading enabled by default, Activity Monitor shows the number of effective/virtual cores, i.e., twice the number of physical cores.

So does the display of 6 cores on this Mac mini mean:

Hyper-Threading is not offered by this chip?
Hyper-Threading is disabled by default by Apple now (likely because of the Intel CPU flaws)?
This chip really has only 3 cores, and 6 virtual?


texts: Mac OS X - Mouse moves are not smooth nor constant

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I have a Logitech optical USB wheel mouse I've used for years on my PC (Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7): http://www.clubic.com/shopping-1360-3-logitech-wheel-mouse-optical.html I'm now using it on a Mac mini with Mac OS X Snow Leopard (fully updated), but I have a problem with it.

On my PC, when I move the mouse, the movement is smooth, and follow my hand moves. No matter if the move is large or small, the cursor goes exactly where I send it.

On my Mac, when I move the mouse, it seems to do what I want on large moves, but on little moves the cursor does not respond as well as on the PC. It seems to slow down, as if it had missed some move instructions, as if it was responding only one on two impulsions.

For example, when I try to catch the cross to close a window, I have no difficulties to reach the cross area, but to put the mouse exactly on it to close the window, it's as if I were moving the mouse on a badly responding surface. It's hard to reach the cross, like if the mouse was suddenly 2 times slower. Same problem to put the cursor beetween 2 letters on a text to make a precise selection, and other similar things. It's a nightmare!

I had tried many settings into the mouse control panel but it does not change anything on this problem.

I have also tried 3 other mouses, one wireless Logitech Mac OS compatible, one wired Microsoft and one wired Trust: all have the same problem.

What is happening? Do you know how may I solve this issue?


texts: Weird errors in system.log while trying to run .kext

texts:
First, I don't know if this is the correct place to put this question. Would Serverfault or Stackoverflow be better?

I was running through a tutorial on making Mac Kernel Extensions. I loaded it, and when I did tail -1 /var/log/system.log, it didn't tell me "Hello World!", it said...

parentalcontrolsd[374]: -[ActivityTracker appDidLaunchOrBecomeFront:launched:] [1844:wolfram] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=134030 UserInfo=0x36ba10 "An error occurred while saving."

A few things... What does this mean? And am I looking at the right log file? I can pick out that it's the parentalcontrolsd telling me that the ActivityTracker found that some app launched for the user wolfram. Any help?

Here is my code...

#include <libkern/libkern.h>
#include <mach/mach_types.h>

kern_return_t MyKextStart(kmod_info_t *ki, void *d)
{
printf("Hello, World!\n");
return KERN_SUCCESS;
}

kern_return_t MyKextStop(kmod_info_t *ki, void *d)
{
printf("Goodbye, World!\n");
return KERN_SUCCESS;
}

extern kern_return_t _start(kmod_info_t *ki, void *data);
extern kern_return_t _stop(kmod_info_t *ki, void *data);

KMOD_EXPLICIT_DECL(edu.nerd.kext.MyKext, "1.0.0d1", _start, _stop)
__private_extern__ kmod_start_func_t *_realmain = MyKextStart;
__private_extern__ kmod_stop_func_t *_antimain = MyKextStop;
__private_extern__ int _kext_apple_cc = __APPLE_CC__;


texts: Do you know if there are any features included in NeoOffice from AppStore but not included in the free version? I suppose not, because as OpenOffice is free software, NeoOffice must be too, so they should release their full work for free.


texts: AppleScript to extract email address from body of email and send auto response?

texts:
Is there a way with AppleScript to extract a contact link in the body of an email and send an auto response with apple mail? (I'm running Yosemite)

I would like to auto respond to leads I receive from vendors and the customer contact information is in the body of the email.


texts: Eek! My Photos app says it's going to delete a huge bunch of my images in 28 days!

texts:
I have a MacBook Air and just updated to macOS Sierra, which automatically installed the "Photos" app to replace my old "iPhotos" app. As I scrolled through the "Photos" app sidebar I checked to see that all of my photos were there in the "Photos" folder (at the top of the sidebar). Then I scrolled down to the "Recently deleted" folder and to my horror saw a huge number of my images shown under the advisory that these photos would be permanently deleted in 28 days! They are  photos that I didn't delete from iPhotos or Photos, and I don't want them deleted.
I looked again at the "Photos" folder and saw that those same photos — the ones destined for deletion in 28 days — were also showing up in the "Photos" folders. I don't need two copies of them but I am wondering if they are safe if I see them in the "Photos" folder?

Now I did keep copies of my images both in my old iPhotos app and in another photo app (called My Pictures), and I did recently delete a large number of them from my "My Pictures" file to get more disk space, but I didn't delete the duplicates of those same photos from my iPhoto files. Is it possible that the photos I now see as listed for deletion (under Recently Deleted) are those duplicate photos I deleted from my My Pictures folder?


texts: How much time would pass before overwriting data on iPod/iPhone flash memory results in failure?

texts:
Just for the sake of this question.

Let's say I have a file that fills my iPod completely, and I set an automated test to save this file into my iPod and overwrite it, non stop. How much time will pass until the flash drive cannot write the file anymore?

I tried to Google this, but "Stress test" only means smashing your device to pieces.


texts: Do I have 2 routers for my wireless network?

texts:
I use an Airport Time Capsule and have a wireless router. Which one should I use for Wi-fi and how do I know which one I am using now? Thank you.

MacBook Pro 11,3 with Retina display; OS X Mavericks (10.9.5); Airport Time Capsule 802.11ac; Actiontec GT784WNV Router


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I am using Emacs 24.3 on Mac OS X 10.9.4 and I am trying to edit /etc/profile with that. It obviously does not work when starting the GUI version, but for some reason, it also does not work when starting it with sudo from the command line. When I run

sudo emacs /etc/profile

from the terminal, Emacs still complains that the file is in read-only mode and it cannot write it:

Buffer is read-only: #<buffer profile>

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How can I move from iOS 11 Developer to iOS 11 Public

texts: I’ve been on the developer beta since it came out, but for some stability improvements, I’d like to go to and remain on the public version. How can I move from iOS 11 Developer Beta to iOS 11 Public Beta?


texts: Redirect Local Port through bridge to Internet Shared static IP

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I have my cable modem (10.0.0.1) to my iMac (10.0.0.36), and my iMac (10.0.0.36) with a (bridge100 192.168.2.1) Internet Shared IP to my debian machine (192.168.2.34), and all of that is working perfectly. I would now like to forward port 80 from the internet through the bridge on my iMac to my debian machine...

10.0.0.1:80 <-> 10.0.0.36:8080 <-> 192.168.2.1:8080 <-> 192.168.2.34:80

I found the following link, which lead me to

rdr on bridge100 inet proto tcp from any to 10.0.0.36 port = 8080 -> 192.168.2.34 port 80

However, it's not working... Now in the link they are going to localhost, and I found this link which says i may need something like

pass out route-to (bridge100 192.168.2.1) from any to 10.0.0.36

But I have not been able to get pfctl to parse the above line correctly

Any ideas on how I can forward from 10.0.0.36:80 <-> 192.168.2.1 <-> 192.168.2.34:80 ?

Edit: The cable modem/router is a TG852G from Xfinity...

Edit: pfdump

                                        r     scrub-anchor "com.apple/*" all fragment reassemble
                                        r     anchor "com.apple/*" all
                                        r     anchor "usr.home/*" all
                                        n     nat-anchor "com.apple/*" all
                                        n     rdr-anchor "com.apple/*" all
                                        A       com.apple
                                        A       com.apple.internet-sharing
                                        A       usr.home
com.apple                               r     anchor "200.AirDrop/*" all
com.apple                               r     anchor "250.ApplicationFirewall/*" all
com.apple                               A       com.apple/200.AirDrop
com.apple                               A       com.apple/250.ApplicationFirewall
com.apple/200.AirDrop                   A       com.apple/200.AirDrop/Bonjour
com.apple/200.AirDrop/Bonjour           r     pass in on p2p0 inet6 proto udp from any to any port = 5353 keep state
com.apple/200.AirDrop/Bonjour           r     pass out on p2p0 proto tcp all flags any keep state
com.apple.internet-sharing              r     scrub-anchor "base_v4" all fragment reassemble
com.apple.internet-sharing              r     anchor "base_v4" all
com.apple.internet-sharing              n     nat-anchor "base_v4" all
com.apple.internet-sharing              n     rdr-anchor "base_v4" all
com.apple.internet-sharing              A       com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      r     scrub on en1 all no-df fragment reassemble
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      r     scrub on bridge100 all no-df max-mss 1460 fragment reassemble
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      r     scrub on bridge100 proto esp all no-df fragment reassemble
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      r     pass on en1 all flags any keep state
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      r     pass on en1 proto esp all no state
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      r     pass on bridge100 all flags any keep state rtable 7
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      n     nat on en1 inet from 192.168.2.0/24 to any -> (en1:0) extfilter ei
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      n     no nat on bridge100 inet from 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.0/24
com.apple.internet-sharing/base_v4      n     rdr on bridge100 inet proto tcp from 192.168.2.0/24 to any port = 21 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8021
usr.home                                r     anchor "SSH" all
usr.home                                A       usr.home/SSH
usr.home/SSH                            n     rdr on en1 inet proto tcp from any to 10.0.0.36 port = 8080 -> 192.168.2.34 port 80


texts: How do I copy PDFs onto my iPad and read them there?

texts: I've amassed a collection of books in PDF format (through occasionally buying the O'Reilly Media Deal of the Day), on my MacBook Pro.  I'd like to get them on my iPad, where they'll be more convenient to read.  How do I do that?  Should I look at Dropbox, and download a PDF reader app?  (Do you have one to recommend?)  Or is there a better way?


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I have an iPad 1 with iOS 5.1.1 that won't download any apps or update its OS. It was donated to my school so it was totally wiped before we got it.

I've tried the work around previously mentioned of downloading the apps in iTunes then dragging them over to my device that is also connected to iTunes. When I do this, a dialogue box comes up saying it was unable to install the app because the app requires a newer version of iOS. I'm really hoping Apple didn't make it so a perfectly good piece of tech is obsolete by not making iOS upgrades or apps compatible with their older technology.


texts: How can I install the OS from a USB in single user mode?

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My Mac (MBP) won't get past 30% on the progress bar at startup. Then after a while it reboots itsef and the same thing happens. I tried to boot in recovery mode, safe mode, reset nvram, and still the same thing happens. I have a Yosemite Install USB and I tried to start from that (held down Option Key and chose the disk), however, the same thing happens, the progress bar gets to 30% and hangs.

I can start in single user mode, and I have tried fsck and nvram reset there, among other things.

So now I'm wondering if its possible to reinstall the OS while in single user mode. I have mounted the Yosemite Install disk in /Volumes/usb. Any help, or other suggestions appreciated.


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On a Mac OSX 10.11.6 (El Capitan) I have a fresh Homebrew installation of python 2.7

$ which python2
/usr/local/bin/python2

$ python2 --version
Python 2.7.14

and I am trying to install the matplotlib package using pip2:

$ pip2 install matplotlib
Collecting matplotlib
  Using cached matplotlib-2.1.1-cp27-cp27m-macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.macosx_10_10_intel.macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl
Collecting six>=1.10 (from matplotlib)
  Using cached six-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting backports.functools-lru-cache (from matplotlib)
  Using cached backports.functools_lru_cache-1.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting pytz (from matplotlib)
  Using cached pytz-2017.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting pyparsing!=2.0.4,!=2.1.2,!=2.1.6,>=2.0.1 (from matplotlib)
  Using cached pyparsing-2.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.7.1 in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from matplotlib)
Collecting python-dateutil>=2.0 (from matplotlib)
  Using cached python_dateutil-2.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting subprocess32 (from matplotlib)
Collecting cycler>=0.10 (from matplotlib)
  Using cached cycler-0.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: six, backports.functools-lru-cache, pytz, pyparsing, python-dateutil, subprocess32, cycler, matplotlib
Successfully installed backports.functools-lru-cache-1.4 cycler-0.10.0 matplotlib-2.1.1 pyparsing-2.2.0 python-dateutil-2.6.1 pytz-2017.3 six-1.11.0 subprocess32-3.2.7

Although matplotlib is reportedly installed, this is not seen upon calling pip2 list:

$ pip2 list
DEPRECATION: The default format will switch to columns in the future. You can use --format=(legacy|columns) (or define a format=(legacy|columns) in your pip.conf under the [list] section) to disable this warning.
nose (1.3.7)
numpy (1.13.3)
pip (9.0.1)
scipy (1.0.0)
setuptools (36.5.0)
wheel (0.30.0)

and in fact:

$ python2 -c 'import matplotlib'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named matplotlib

It turns out that the directory where pip2 installed into is ~/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/. For python2 to load it as a module I could include this latter path in my $PYTHONPATH variable, however I would prefer not to rely on the directory ~/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/ as my python installation is rather messy in that location (there is stuff that was put there without Homebrew) and I would hope to rely on Homebrew alone for the moment.

How can I tell pip that the default directory for brewed modules is the same as PYTHONPATH? Hoping that it would do the trick.

Trying to refer to this:
https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md#site-packages-and-the-pythonpath
but I am not sure I am quite getting at it.
Thx.


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Is it possible to take a photo or record a short video with the MacBook's webcam using Terminal?

sh-3.2# system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 17.5.0
      Boot Volume: lily
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: lily’s MacBook Air
      User Name: System Administrator (root)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled


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Every now and then (once per week?), my Mac Mini (2011, 8GB RAM i5) running Lion Server, stops the DNS server bringing my network to a grinding halt.  The only way I have found to get it to restart is by rebooting.

I've tried reading the logs to work out what is happening but cannot understand what they are saying.  Has anyone else seen this and if so, any thoughts on the fix?

Thanks


texts: MacBook Optimized Battery Charging doesn't work

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I bought a M1 MacBook Pro 5 months ago and have been using it plugged in almost ever since, the battery is extremely rarely worked (probably once every few weeks). "Optimised battery charging" is turned on and working correctly for months, it would stop charging and be on this status "Charging On Hold (Rarely Used On Battery)".
About 2 months ago, I had to take it somewhere for a day so I clicked the "Charge to Full Now" button, and optimised charging has stopped working ever since. The battery is always 100% charged, "Optimised battery charging" is still checked in System Preferences, macOS 11.3. How do I get it to work again?
Note: "Charge to Full Now" may not be the cause, it's the most relevant thing I can think of that may have triggered the issue.


texts: How to stop MacBook Pro (Retina) from freezing/locking at the login/authentication dialogue, after wake?

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Steps to reproduce:

Be doing anything
Close the lid of the computer
Wait around for a while
Open the lid of the computer
Login prompt for last logged in user appears, battery and time MAY update, but trackpad and keyboard are locked up and no response. Computer requires forced-restart.

EDIT: 5a. Possibly, everything is normal, and no lockup/freeze happens.

EDIT 2:

When the problem occurs, there is no spinning wait thingy or blinking cursor. On the contrary, a spinning wait cursor usually indicates that if I wait for it, the machine will wake up normally, blink the cursor, and let me log in.

EDIT 2a: Software running may vary. No indication of wifi connectivity since the icon may or may not be on, but I may or may not have been connected to wifi at sleep, and may or may not have wifi access at wake--there's no way to tell if the image is actually reporting the state since the image may just be frozen.

EDIT 2b: As best I can tell, the longer I wait to re-activate the machine, the more likely the lockup.

10.8 on Pro Retina (MacBookPro10,1 with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M and Intel HD Graphics 4000).

Any ideas on how to diagnose or fix?


texts: in macOS mojave apps freezes and beachball appears for some seconds when doing tasks like loading a conversation in Messages

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macOS 10.14.6 on my MacBook Pro early 2015 13" with an i7 and 16GB Ram the active app freezes for some seconds when doing tasks in it, like loading conversation in Messages (happens not on every conversations, more like.. every fifth or sixth I click), clicking into Address Bar in Safari or calling up the context menu and I can't figure out why this happens. It happens at any time, means right after a restart.
It existed before the 10.14.6 update.
I uninstalled a clipboard manager which I use and thought it could have sth. to do with it... still existing.
I always look and try to figure it out via Activity Monitor, but no clues.
I booted into Safe Mode... still existing.
I reinstalled macOS via Recovery Mode... still existing.
I also tested my RAM with a memtest86 boot stick. Nothing.
My guess is it would still be present when I recover from a backup... are there any other clues or things I can try to figure this out without installing everything from scratch? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.


texts: What does the undocumented switch, `-v`, do for `tmutil restore` command?

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I couldn't find anywhere what the -v switch does with the tmutil restore command.
An answer would be greatly appreciated.


texts: dpkg.pm @INC dpkg-scanpackages / > Packages

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I am running Max OS X 10.9

Installed: -Xcode 5 (latest version) -Fink -MacPorts -Xcode Command Line Tools -Theos

I have a shell script running

Dpkg-scanpackages debs / > Packages

But i am getting this error when running the script

Last login: Tue Jul  8 11:43:25 on console
Mayss-iMac:~ Mays$ /Users/Mays/Desktop/Generate_Packages.command ; exit;
Can't locate Dpkg.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /sw/lib/perl5 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.3/darwin-
thread-multi-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.3 /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.16.3/darwin-thread-
multi-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.16.3 /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.16.3/darwin-thread-multi-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.16.3 /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /opt/local/bin/dpkg-scanpackages line 8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /opt/local/bin/dpkg-scanpackages line 8.
logout
[Process completed]

It used to work but when i installed Theos it stopped working and gave that error


texts: Can Macintosh HD partition be resized while a BOOTCAMP partition resides on the same physical volume?

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I have a HFS-partiion, a bootcamp partition and 100GB free unpartitioned space "in between". How can I resize my Mac partition to use it? All resizing controls seem to be disabled, here's the screenshot:

Guess I need some more advanced tool than the built-in Disk Utility?

This is under OSX 10.7.5. With Paragon NTFS driver installed, if this matters...


texts: USB Drives not showing up after Mac was sleeping

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I am constantly encountering the following problem with my Mac(s). This has been happening with two different Macbook Pros (13" late 2011 and 13" 2017) with numerous MacOS versions, including the latest High Sierra.
In addition, this happens with various different USB pendrives.

[edit]

We are talking two different Macbooks here, i.e. the USB controller is hardly the problem. We are also talking about multiple, different USB pendrives, so the drives themselves are also not the problem.

With the new Macbook, I have to use a USB-C to USB-A adapter. Here, I use one of the brand "LPG" and one from Apple. The Problem persists with both adapter as well as with either one of them alone.

[/edit]

Obviously, this is not a problem with a specific system configuration, version, or hardware, but rather seems to be a problem of the OS itself.

Description:

I have a USB pendrive attached to a USB port of an external USB hub. The drive works fine, no problems. Then, I put my Mac to sleep and disconnect the Hub. When re-attaching the Hub at a later time, the drive won't be mounted automatically again. Actually, It doesn't even show up in the list of USB devices in the Disk Utility tool.

Interestingly, all other devices attached to the same hub (keyboard, mouse, ...) keep working just fine after reattaching the USB hub. Never had a single problem here.

Unplugging the pendrive and pugging it in again won't help, even when plugging it into another USB port. But when the system is rebooted, the drive shows up again as if nothing happened.

How do I stop this from happening?


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I had downloaded the Swift Book 4.0, it updated successfully on my iPhone but not on my Mac.

It did not even open the book. I followed the solution here, after I deleted the folder, I opened iBooks and it prompted me to update.

It then saved the updated book in updates folder but it still showed version 4 in iBooks. So I deleted the book again.

Now iBooks shows the book is updated, but it does not open. How do I fix this?


texts: I was wondering if it's possible to have the same IP for 2 different MAC that is on the same machine. For example having the ethernet and WiFi MAC address for my MacBook for the same IP address.


texts: How to make File Open dialog more similar to Finder window?

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In previous versions of macOS, the File Open dialog had a "Show sidebar" button, "Show items as" and "Group items by" radio buttons in the toolbar.

In Mojave (not sure in which version this was changed), they're hidden under a hamburger menu:

Is there some way to make the File Open more similar to the Finder window, like in previous macOS versions?


texts: Buzzing sound on Macbook Pro mid 2012 due to optical drive fixed?

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Am aware of the fact, there is a known problem as mentioned in this Apple KB: Mac notebooks with optical drives: Noises from the optical drive link, that is produced when the OS is initializing the optical drive. It seems to be occurring in OS X Yosemite for now, but would like to know if there is any possible fixes for it in the same OS version or upgrading it to OS X El Capitan will fix the problem.

Mine is the MBP 2012(mid-version), with 8 GB RAM and 500 GB SATA HDD.
Any help regards to this appreciated!


texts: How can I run a application in Automator?

texts:
I want to run an application in Automator but there is no run program.

Operating system and stuff:
OS X Lion 10.7.5
Automator 2.2.4
Memory: 3GB


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It's known that all users are members of the 'staff' group. If you setup a standard user and create any file, a list of that file in the terminal with 'ls -la' shows the user group to be 'staff'.

Using the dscacheutil command, we can see information about groups. For example: -

dscacheutil -q group -a name admin

This returns information about the admin group, including all the members.

However, when used to look at the 'staff' group, I expected to see standard users as members of the group, but this is not the case: -

dscacheutil -q group -a name staff

name: staff
password: *
gid: 20
users: root

So, if all standard users are members in the staff group, why do they not appear here?

Is there another command which can show the real members of the staff group?


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I want to stop a user in MacOS from unloading a plist using launchctl?

Launchctl does not seem to always require a su / sudo. I have a non-admin user that is managing to switch off app restrictions and adjust various processes that are running.

I don't want to block Terminal, which is my current solution.


texts: Sleep/wake Mac mini by pressing power button

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I have a Mac mini that is on my network but not connected to any displays or input devices. It's running El Capitan.

I want to be able to put the Mac to sleep and awake it as easily as possible (i.e. not using VNC). My main machine is Windows, so ideally I just want to press the power button to toggle the Mac between sleeping and awake.

Is this possible? From what I've read, it seems like this used to be possible but now it isn't? Are there any workarounds that would enable this?


texts: Using Magsafe 1 85w 18.5v adapter for MacBook Pro 2015 15''

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I want to use a Magsafe 1 85w 18.5v adapter for MacBook Pro 2015 15", which normally requires a Magsafe 2 85w 20v adapter.

Is the voltage difference is going to be an issue?


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Is it possible to have Keychain ask for the admin password before autofilling other passwords or credit card information?

I am already using keychain quite a bit. But I'm also realizing that other people use my computer occasionally and in that case, I would like my passwords to be off limits. For many of us it's not just passwords, but also credit card information that are stored in Keychain.

I am aware that with the menu bar icon, one can Lock all Keychains. My experience with that was, though, that it renders the computer practically unusable. Too many services need access to the keychain, like accountsd. And unless a password is typed in, the password prompt will stay on screen at all times.


texts: How to force a captive portal page to pop up (Like a Starbucks or McDonald's WiFi landing page)?

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Normally, Safari provides a pop-up window for the public  Wi-Fi's landing page: requesting the user to agree to TOS (Terms of Service).

Attempts to login to Wi-Fi were not successful because of the absence of the landing page:

ifconfig revealed an IP address (172.31.99.185) was assigned to the laptop's Wi-Fi adapter
attempts to ping 172.31.99.1 failed
browsing to http://172.31.99.1/ failed
browsing to http://www.google.com/ failed

Is there a Safari menu item or process that will call the TOS pop-up?


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I observed an iPhone X that would not respond to the 'short' press: applications (including settings) would not open.  "long press" of the applications worked as expected.  I do not have the right keywords to search for this problem: I would like to know the root cause and any remedy.

The touchscreen display is not faulty: a hardware reset of the device resolved the issue.  Apple store checked the log and indicated there was no kernel panic.

What are the keywords to identify the problem for a Google search?
Is the root cause of said issue known and is there a fix?


texts: What media formats are playable/streamable on Apple TV?

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For both the new (tiny) generation, and the last generation, what media formats and codecs are supported for streaming to Apple TV?

How does that streaming work -- is it all iTunes-based, or are there other ways to go about doing it?


texts: Can I simply install a fresh OS X without a thumb drive?

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I've always installed a new OS X install via a thumb drive. However, at that time, I only had a single hard drive. Now, I have two hard drives, but the question is: Do I still need a thumb drive now?

I would say I simply copy my main installation to my second hard drive (Carbon Copy Cloner?) and then format the main drive and simply run the installer, stored on the second drive and install OS X on the first drive. No need for a thumb drive, right?


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I have an app in /usr/local/bin directory and can not drag it onto the dock and have to open Terminal everytime I want to run this program.

Is it possible to run a macported/homebrewed application from the Dock?


texts: I can pair my PlayStation DualShock 3 Controller, but why are the buttons mixed up?

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I was able to follow the steps here to connect my DualShock 3 controller to my MacBook running OS X 10.9.4, however now the direction pad, trigger, and shape buttons are all mismatched when I try using them in games or my web browser.

I've tried in Chrome, Firefox, and Portal 2. They all detect the controller but identify the wrong buttons when I press them.

How do I fix this?


texts: How to restore Spotlight user interface after killing it with Cocktail?

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I installed an App called cocktail and disabled spotlight. But now the Application does not start and it gives an error of some sort. I deleted the App and I do not have Spotlight anymore.

Can I enable it from some other place? How?

pastebin.com/Yw8czsFU


texts: Is that possible to make `cp -R /dir/ .` be the same as `cp -R /dir .`?

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I come from Linux. I keep making mistakes when I do cp -R /dir/ . instead of cp -R /dir .. These two commands are identical in Linux world, but different in MacOS. In cp manpage:

If the source_file ends in a /,
the contents of the directory are copied rather than the directory itself.

Since I always use Tab autocomplete the directory name and it always has / in the end, I really mean copying the directory, not the contents of the directory. I don't always remember to delete the / suffix. How do MacOS developers avoid these kind of mistakes? Thanks.


texts: How much space do I need to make a bootable Catalina volume on my Mojave Mac?

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I'm thinking of installing Catalina on a Volume to test and wondered how much space this new OS will take up on my Mac.

I'm planning on using APFS Volume so both my main Macintosh HD and User data would stay untouched and just install Catalina to look for now, so please assume I don't need to worry about two copies of my user data or Applications - just the bare OS to install and try booting to look around without running the migration assistant.

What space needs should I plan on needing to install a clean macOS Catalina install with no user data or apps?


texts: What is the use of Login Window option in MAC after user logged in?

texts: What is the use of Login Window option in Mac. If user is already logged in, then what is the point of this option. When I select this option, it went to login window. Is it only to lock the Mac?


texts: How can I upload my camera roll to my Photo Stream retroactively?

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I have a iPhone 4 and set up iCloud on my device, including the Photo Stream service. Everything seems to be set up fine and I have the option to select Photo Stream in Photos.app.

However, the message I get when tapping Photo Stream is that all new photos will be transferred into the Photo Stream.

How do I get the current photos in my phone to show up in my Photo Stream?


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I write some scripting and I want to make it work on Linux and Mac. The problem is, that "Implementations of sed, readlink, zcat, etc. are different on OS X and Linux."

So I tried THIS approach, but for me alias command does not work as I expect.
Here is simple script 'a':

$cat a
alias readlink=gredlink
readlink --help

and the result ...

$./a
readlink: illegal option -- -
usage: readlink [-n] [file ...]

Could anyone explain me what's under the curtain, and is there workaround?

Using OSX Yosemite 10.10.5
It's the same with the bash included with the OS as well with "GNU bash, version 4.3.42(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0)"


texts: Is it possible to use USB Modem in Recovery HD?

texts: A quick question here, but is it possible to connect to the internet using a USB Modem in Recovery HD? Or is the only way to connect through WiFi or Ethernet. I haven't seen any clear/obvious ways of connecting but is it in any way possible?


texts: Is it possible to right click an item in finder an "move to" to move a file / folder to another location?

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Is there a way to get an option when using finder to be able the right click and select "move to", in the same way you can "move to trash". I'd like to be able to move items around my finder this way.

Usually when I've got my laptop connected to a larger monitor I just pull 2 finder windows side by side and drag and drop to organise folders, but it would be really useful when on a smaller laptop screen to be able to do this.

I'm running Yosemite 10.10.5.


texts: What causes the retina Macbook Pro HDMI-DVI output to cut out on occasion?

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I got my retina Macbook Pro this week and have been waiting for my Thunderbolt to DVI adapters to get here so I can hook them up to my external displays. In the meantime, I am using an HDMI to DVI cable to hook up to my monitor.

I've noticed every once in a while, the monitor I am using will sometimes go blank for a second and then back. It doesn't happen very often, but I'm not sure if this has to do with the cable, monitor, or my retina Macbook Pro.

I've tried multiple cables, and have been using this monitor previously to the retina Macbook Pro, so I don't think the monitor is the issue.

Do you think this is an issue with the laptop? Something graphics card related? I can't seem to figure out why this randomly happens.

I was able to catch this happening on video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vGeDR48E8w


texts: Is there an app that makes it so that a pin is required to power-off the phone? Or, can someone explain to me how Find my iPhone works if is powered-off and can't be located?


texts:
A friend of mine purchased an iPhone 5 a couple of months ago which she now wishes to sell. She said she has contacted Apple with regards to the AppleCare warranty and selling her iPhone and was informed that the AppleCare that was purchased with the handset cannot be transferred to the new owner OR to a new iPhone 5S.

She would like to know is this true (and isn't it therefore a rip off), as she is only a couple of months into the agreement and therefore would think twice about upgrading at all ?


texts: Realistically, besides processing speed, what is the difference between the i5 and i7? Can you really tell a difference? I may be developing apps with it (I haven't tried yet, nor have I ever owned a Mac), so I'd also like to hear from a developer if there is a major difference or preference between the two.


texts: When using equations in Pages, how can I make the square roots less "tall"?

texts:
I'm writing in Pages and have embedded or in-line equations. At some point Pages is not the tool and I'll have to learn how to use TeX or LaTeX perhaps, but for right now:

will the square root always be bigger when things inside have a descending "j"?
is there any way I can keep a, b, i, j, k, l about the same size but make the superscripts and square roots smaller so they don't make the parentheses look ineffective?

Maybe my eyes are tricking me or maybe I'm just used to MathJax in Stack Exchange, but the square roots just look better behaved than they do in Pages. Are there some other things I can adjust to reduce vertical extent without making the characters smaller?
Pages:

MathJax in Stack Exchange:

Use $a \sqrt{i^2+j^2}$ (or $b \sqrt{k^2+l^2}$ on Tuesdays) and you're done.


texts: Backups using Mac Mini Server & Time Machine

texts:
I'm currently trying to set up a fool-proof plan to secure backups of all of our files all the time.

What I'm generally thinking is using our Mac Mini Server I can backup our files (3 - 6 iMac's worth) locally to the internal storage. I would also like to be able to use a Time Capsule attached to the Mac Mini Server to make a further copy of all the backups that I can then offline regularly.

I would love direction and critique on this idea. We haven't set it up, so this might not even be possible. But I would love some direction.

Will the above scenario work? If not, does anyone have suggestions?

We also have an Airport Extreme if that helps in any way..


texts:
I had a power failure and upon rebooting noticed that the OS drive needed to be repaired (Disk Utilities). I am running Snow Leopard and don't have the CD to start up from in order to perform the fix.

Are there any other options for running the repair utils on the startup disk?


texts: How do I get iPad (iOS 7) to use the email aliases I have set up on gmail

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I have an iPad with iOS7. This is set up with 2 email accounts (gmail and ISP default).
I want to use the "Contact Us" option on one of my apps, but this offers me the options of using either of the mail logon email addresses.
I NEVER use either of these, and don't disclose these to anyone (so I can easily change when they get too much spam).

My question is how do I get the iPad to use the email aliases I have set up on gmail.


texts: What can I, as a user, do about offensive reviews in App Store?

texts:
While browsing iOS App Store, I happened upon an app review filled with an antisemitic rant (the reviewer was complaining about the impact of micro transactions on the game by calling developers “greedy Jews”). The review is older than a year, so, if the developer ever reads reviews, they already saw it, so I doubt me writing another review notifying the developer would have any effect. Anyway I don’t know whether developers can remove reviews they don’t like.

My main question is, can I, being a user and not a developer, somehow notify Apple to take down that review?


texts: How can I prevent text messages going to my Mac?

texts:
I have just bought a MacBook Pro and all my text messages are coming through to it before coming through to my phone.

I don't want this. I have followed help tips by opening Messages app but can't find the iMessage preferences to change it as advised by other people.


texts: How to make Safari open all PDFs in-browser?

texts:
For the majority of PDFs I view in Safari, they are opened in-line, which is what I want. For example, these all open in Safari:

MSP430F665x Data Sheet
MCP1700 Data Sheet
BAT54 /A /C /S Data Sheet

However, some PDFs, for reasons I have not been able to determine, are instead downloaded. For example, when I click on each of the following links, a PDF is immediately downloaded, instead of being displayed in-browser.

1825910 Drawing
OS Series Data Sheet

I suspect that the servers for the last two links are doing something like what is described in the StackOverflow question "force a pdf download automatically", but I'm not sure. I have already removed the last vestiges of Adobe's PDF reader, which I regret ever installing, including the internet plugin in the /Library/Internet Plugins directory.

How can I make sure that whenever Safari encounters a PDF, it is opened in the browser, and not downloaded?


texts: Macbook Pro 13" Mid 2010 bluetooth headset

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I have a "KINIVO BTH220" wireless bluetooth headset. I can connect it without any problem with iPhone 4S.
However, when I try to connect it with MacbookPro 13" (Mid 2010), it won't show up in the browse device list.

Is there any fix for that? or Is it MacbookPro 13" doesn't support wireless bluetooth audio profile?

Can someone please put light on this?


texts:
I have a rogue item on my menu bar from a terrible piece of printer/scanner software. I long ago removed the app, but the button for the app remains in the menu bar.

Is there any central way for me to remove an item from the menu bar? Any plist I can hack? command line trick, etc?

It's the one to the left of the Facebook icon:

(I tried holding Command and dragging it away, but it doesn't seem to respect that convention.)


texts: Can we disable the drag window to top of screen Mission Control / Spaces feature in El Capitan?

texts:
Open Mission Control

  Use any of these methods to open Mission Control:

  ....

  In OS X El Capitan, drag a window to the top of the screen.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204100

I'm using a window snapping/resizing app and this feature above, introduced in El Capitan, is being triggered instead. This when I snap a window to the center top of the screen.

Is there a way to turn this feature off?


texts: Is there a way to turn off the rMBP display with an external monitor plugged in, without closing the lid?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Turn off internal display without closing lid

I use my retina MacBook Pro with an external monitor, but the area above the function keys gets pretty hot, especially when playing video. I'm kind of worried about the heat damaging the screen and was wondering if there was a way to turn off the laptop screen without closing the lid.

Right now, I'm just turning the brightness all the way down but it seems pointless to render 2880x1800 on the laptop screen without actually using it.


texts: How do I remove a username from the username drop down list on Chrome on Mac OS X?

texts:
Googling suggests that I highlight the name with my mouse and hit delete - this doesn't work (the name stays in the dropdown list, I instead end up deleting a letter from the name textfield)

A Mac specific suggestion is to hold down the "fn" button when I click delete. Trying that seems to have no effect - nothing changes, that I can see.

How do I remove a specific username from the username drop down on Google Chrome on Mac?

To all the answers suggesting Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Delete ⌫ It is an editor shortcut for "quick delete entire line". So it only looks like it works.

It does not add/modify/delete names from the list of login names that are suggested for autofill.

Please test your answer before posting - make sure that the auto-fill list is actually different after you've deleted a name.


texts:
brew install mosquito

Returns:

Warning: mosquitto 1.6.8 is already installed, it's just not linked
You can use `brew link mosquitto` to link this version.

Link attempt:

Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ brew link mosquitto
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/mosquitto/1.6.8...
Error: Could not symlink sbin/mosquitto
/usr/local/sbin is not writable.
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ ls /usr/local/sbin
ls: /usr/local/sbin: No such file or directory
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ sudo brew link mosquitto
Password:
Error: Running Homebrew as root is extremely dangerous and no longer supported.
As Homebrew does not drop privileges on installation you would be giving all
build scripts full access to your system.
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ mkdir /usr/local/sbin
mkdir: /usr/local/sbin: Permission denied

The goal is to invoke mosquitto_sub.   What must be done to enable mosquito_sub?

Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ brew upgrade mosquito
Warning: mosquitto 1.6.8 already installed
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ mosquitto_sub -h test.mosquitto.org -t "#" -v
-bash: mosquitto_sub: command not found

UPDATES \ RESPONSES

CREATE DIRECTORY: sudo mkdir /usr/local/sbin

Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ mosquitto_sub -h test.mosquitto.org -t "#" -v
-bash: mosquitto_sub: command not found
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ sudo mkdir /usr/local/sbin
Password:
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ ls -l  /usr/local/ |  grep sbin
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel     64 Dec 15 14:00 sbin
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ ls -l  /usr/local/sbin
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ chmod 777 /usr/local/sbin
chmod: Unable to change file mode on /usr/local/sbin: Operation not permitted
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ sudo chmod 777 /usr/local/sbin
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ ls -l  /usr/local/ |  grep sbin
drwxrwxrwx    2 root  wheel     64 Dec 15 14:00 sbin
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ brew link mosquitto
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/mosquitto/1.6.8... 30 symlinks created
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ mosquitto_sub -h test.mosquitto.org -t "#" -v
owntracks/busware/iPhone {"t":"t","tst":1576424485,"acc":65,"_type":"location","alt":17,"lon":10.67649557998085,"vac":10,"lat":54.04553

Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin
Password:
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ ls -l  /usr/local/ |  grep sbin
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel     96 Dec 15 14:02 sbin

PATH MODIFICATION TEST

Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/Cellar/mosquitto/
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/Cellar/mosquitto/
Users-MacBook-Air:~ user$ mosquitto_sub -h test.mosquitto.org -t "#" -v
-bash: mosquitto_sub: command not found


texts:
I recently bought an iPhone 8. Today a badge appeared on the Settings app. Opening the app lead me to Software Update.

My iPhone is showing an update available for iOS 12.

I have some chat data in WhatsApp and Messages which is important. Also have some important photos. I don't want to lose all this data. What measures can I take to ensure data safety?


texts: How do I know what to restore from system files?

texts: I gave my old MacBook Pro to my partner. Before doing so I deleted myself as the User, created her as User, deleted all of my docs & iPhoto Library. Unfortunately, the computer still thinks I am the User. For example, it tries to access MY iCloud content & asks for MY Apple ID. I've decided to replace the hard drive with a larger capacity one. I use Backblaze for backing up the laptop. If I do a clean install of Mountain Lion & then restore only docs & iPhoto Library from the backup, will that solve the double identity problem?


texts: Services menu on right click in Apple Mail missing?

texts:
In macOS Sierra, Mail app, I select a message and right click. The "Services" selection is missing.

I can select text within a message and right click, seeing the services menu, but I swear this worked before just fine and I've used it a ridiculous amount of times with specific apps.

This: Services submenu disappeared from contextual menu of right click did not help.


texts: Does send last location work with location services off?

texts:
My question is simple, does send last location work even when location services are off? What are the minimal settings one needs to make it work?

Currently this is what I have:

Location services are always off;
iCloud sync is off except for find my iPhone;
In Settings > iCloud > Find my iPhone:

Find my iPhone is enabled;
Send last location is enabled;

Bluetooth is off;
Cellular network is usually on only when I'm outside; and
Wi-Fi is usually on only when I'm inside.

Related Update: With the above settings, namely with location services off and the cellular network on, I enabled lost mode via iCloud and, because there is an Internet connection:

the iPhone automatically enabled location services showing its location on the iCloud map; and
iCloud sent me an email with the approximate location of the iPhone.

This means one can have location services off, knowing that should the need arise the device can still be found as long as it has access to the Internet.


texts:
Hi I have couple of questions regarding space on my iphone 5s, IOS 10.2
Q1) available space shown in my iphone (2,93 GB) is different than what shown in Itunes when I connect it to mac (3,5 GB). Any explanantion? what to do?
Q2) In my Storage & iCloud Usage > Manage Storage, I have around 1,16 GB used space by messages. However, I have deleted all messages from all my apple products. How do I delete that? I have almost try everything advised on internet. This might be related to question 1.
Q3) when I connect my iphone to mac and open Itunes, in movie section from left side, I have a video that I do not know how to delete it. how to delete?
Q4) every now and then, 3 deleted videos and a picture, show up in my photos on iphone. No matter how many times I have deleted them, they keep showing up like once every 3 days.


texts:
I just booted up the iOS 13 simulator on Xcode 11 GM, and there is nothing installed. Usually there are some basic apps (Messages, Photos, Safari etc.) preinstalled.

Also, SpringBoard and MigrationPluginWrapper constantly crash.

macOS version: 10.15 build 19A501i

Xcode build: 11 GM build 11A419c

Hardware: VMware VM (can't afford a Mac yet, and I use a PC since I need some PC-exclusive apps) with 8GB RAM and 4 cores


texts:
I want to build coreutils from source (because I’m testing a possible bug in the binary package). I tried

sudo port -s install coreutils

But this forces all packages to build from source. Is it possible to use binary packages for its dependencies, only build coreutils from source?


texts: Clipboard doesn't work across applications anymore

texts:
Recently, I have noticed that ⌘ + c and ⌘ + v keyboard shortcuts no longer work like they used to. If I want to copy/paste something from Postman.app into Slack.app, for example, the clipboard will only paste what was copied a long time ago inside of Slack.app. It seems like each application now has it's own clipboard and nothing is being shared?

What happened? How can I fix this? I can copy/paste inside an app just fine, but the second I want to paste something from another app it does not work.

I am using a Mid 2015, 15" retina Macbook Pro running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.


texts:
I would like to know if iCloud uses client-side encryption i.e. all data is encrypted on client side and even Apple can't decrypt the data and read it.

Is this true for iCloud?


texts: Keyboard button backtick/tilde become section symbol after replacement

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (mid-2012) with a US keyboard layout, but after a keyboard replacement I noticed my backtick/tilde key is now a section § symbol.

After some googling, I found the Karabiner app. Yes it can remap the button but I felt that my OS (Sierra) became very slow, and I don’t want to rely on an app just for remap a single key.

Has anyone experienced this issue before? I think maybe the technician installed a different kind of keyboard (maybe a UK one) instead of US.

Note: I’ve called the service center and they will get back to me next week.


texts: Can I play audio from computer through VOIP connection?

texts: I'm using join.me for online presentations. If I have a video I'd like to share, I can't send the sound to join.me. I was thinking perhaps some Soundflower set up might enable this function. Any ideas about that, or other ways to send audio to a VOIP-type connection online?


texts: Any experiences with upgrading a Windows 8.1 bootcamp install to a Windows 10 install? Is it safe? Will it somehow mess with the efi/bootcamp settings so boot up problems might ensue?


texts: Sorting iPhone/iPad Apps based on usage?

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

Is there a way to have the Apps on my iPhone sorted based on usage frequency?  I found another thread, but it appeared to be focused on the MAC OS platform, not iOS.  In simple terms, I want the apps that I use all the time to be auto-sorted to the front.


texts: Apache bonjour module and Sites folder template

texts:
I just upgraded to Lion and because I do web design, first thing I did was turning on Web Sharing to get Apache running. While checking the logs I found that the Bonjour module can't find a file and warns me about this:

mod_bonjour: Cannot stat template index file '/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Sites/index.html'

So I listed the files under that location and it seems the whole Sites folder is gone. I found out later that Mac OS X doesn't include that folder under your user account by default.

I'm still wondering how to stop this warnings. Is it safe to create a directory under this system location? I wouldn't like to do that.

I tried commenting

RegisterUserSite customized-users

under /etc/apache2/other/bonjour.conf thinking the error was due to the bonjour module trying to compare my index.html with the system template to activate my personal site but it didn't work.

Any ideas?

Thank you!


texts:
I know how to record a screen on macOS, including the ⌘⇧5 technique and using a third party application.
Is there a way of recording a window? I want to write some tutorial material with video.
I have a way to cheat: attach an old iPad with Duet, fill the additional screen with the window, and record the whole screen. But there must be a more practical way to do that.
I’m using macOS 11 Big Sur, if that makes a difference.


texts: Big Sur Beta repeatedly will not install

texts:
I have tried with the last 2 public betas, as well as dev beta 9 and 10 (the current beta) and no matter whether i choose to upgrade from my existing catalina install, or make a bootable usb of all 4 of these betas (i have tried them all), wipe my hard drive clean and then install from fresh, ALL of them give me the error: "An error occurred preparing the software update"
This occurs after the initial copying of files during big sur set up, the machine then reboots and gives a message like "29 minutes remaining". I then get the message above and the Mac is totally bricked. It can only be fixed by doing an internet recovery of Catalina and then restoring with Time Machine back up.
A thorough search of the internet hasn't yielded any meaningful results aside from 1 thread on the dev forums where a few people had reported the same error and no answer was given.
I am using a 27" iMac 2019. Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this problem? I am now getting to the point that I'm worried I wont be able to actually install the final release when it is launched.
Thanks for any help you can give.


texts: Macbook pro 2017 Internal SSD not recognized

texts:
I wanted to upgrade my internal SSD from my Macbook Pro 2017 256GB to a 1TB SSD I found online. I bought it from Aliexpress and seemed genuine.
The fact is that my computer does not recognize it IN Disk Utility, however, it does boot from the 1TB SSD with the preinstalled OS and it detects it. But I wanted to upgrade to Catalina from Disk Utility it fails to show the SSD.
I tried resetting the SMC, PRAM, extract the SSD and mount it another time.
Finally I get a folder with a question mark error and a prohibition sign.
enter image description here


texts: 1 old (Snow Leopard) iMac & 2 newer (Mountain Lion) MacBooks -- iCloud or DropBox?

texts:
I have an old iMac (circa 2006, Intel Core Duo) which is running Snow Leopard (somewhat slowly) and cannot be upgraded to Mountain Lion, so there's no iCloud on that machine.

I also have 2 MacBook Pros which will both be running Mountain Lion very shortly.

My question is, I'd like to keep my "Documents" folder in sync across all of these three machines.  If I used iCloud to sync both MacBooks, is there an easy way to sync the iMac (minus iCloud) as well?

Or should I just use DropBox?  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!


texts: Is there an equation in Numbers that will give me the sum of numbers based on a separate column?

texts:
I'm trying to find out if there is a way to create an equation that looks at one column, if it is equal to a certain value, then add the value in the other column?

Example:

#Table of running values:

Type     Cost
-------------
A        $4
B        $2
B        $1
A        $6

I'd like to be able to create another table that results with this:

# Summation of each type

Type     Total
--------------
A        $10
B        $3

Any help in setting up an equation to do this summation would be helpful.


texts: Here's a strange one. I have Yosemite 10.10.3 and no updates required but don't seem to have Photos app. Any suggestions as to how I might get it?


texts: iPhone XS - face id will be available when iPhone cools down

texts: I upgraded iOs to 12.4 yesterday on my iPhone XS and am  having problem with Face ID since then. There is no other temperature warning. Only Face Id seems to be having problems. Have tried restarting, restoring but in vain. Any ideas how I can resolve this problem?


texts: Tried installing Windows 10 on MacBook Pro from a USB...failed

texts: I attempted to install Windows 10 Home on my son's MacBook per the instructions and assurances of others as to how simple this would be. I apologize but apparently I am a moron because not only did it not install whatsoever but now I have a single line on the screen saying "no bootable device--insert boot disk and press any key". I have no idea how to simply get back to a functioning status. Any suggestions?


texts: How can I get sound working on Bootcamp + Windows 8.1?

texts:
Windows 8.1 isn't playing back audio on my 13" mid-2012 Macbook Pro.  I only have a speaker with an x on my notifications bar.  When I click on it, I get the usual "detecting problems" garbage.  Unfortunately, every "solution" I've found seems to work for everyone else, but not for me.

Device Manager

Windows shows a High Definition Audio Controller listed under System.  Its properties state that it has a Code 10 - "This device cannot start", along with "The requested operation was unsuccessful."  This is the only notion of an audio device listed in Device Manager.

Most solutions I've found say drivers need to be reinstalled (downloaded from the internet or simpliy re-run from the Bootcamp support drivers) and I've currently tried the following:

Bootcamp setup.exe (No errors are reported, 5.0.5033 "installs" a variety of sound drivers)
Cirrus Audio (Both CirrusAudiox64.exe and a manual .inf installation)
Realtek (I've tried nearly every link I've found)
Intel Graphics 4000 (apparently it does audio too)

Every executable runs and reports success, however, I don't see any sign of a change apart from the Realtek driver copying files somewhere in Program Files, and the Intel driver blanking the screen a few times.

Cirrus Audio

I've tried manually installing the Cirrus Audio driver by performing the following:

Select High Definition Audio Controller from Device Manager
Click on Driver -> Update Driver
Select "Browse my computer for driver "
Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers"
Click "Have Disk..." and navigate to the .inf file

At this point windows complains that the driver does not support Windows x64, despite having "x64" written all over it.

"The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems."

If I skip #'s 4 and 5, and browse directly for the driver files, Windows reports that the Driver software is already up to date.

"Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date."

This makes me believe that Windows 8.1 might have an issue with certain drivers, deeming them unusable in some way.  It's possible that windows is denying the .exe installers' drivers, Realtek, and Cirrus behind the scenes, without letting them install anything.  Maybe they report success and silently fail?

Setup

It's worth mentioning that my Bootcamp setup isn't typical.  I've partitioned the hard drive and installed windows manually, alongside Arch Linux.  (I've triple booted this thing, and windows audio is the final hurdle.)  I'm also using the refind efi bootloader to boot the system.

For the windows boot option, I point refind to /EFI/Microsoft/bootmgfw.efi, without any options. I'm thinking that Bootcamp might do more than partition and install, and that I'm supposed to do more to inform windows about the macbook hardware at this stage.  Is this the case?  Did I miss something critical about Bootcamp?

If anyone can help me solve this, I will be eternally grateful.  Thanks.

P.S. I'm a linux user, so windows drivers aren't exactly my forte.  If I'm doing something totally wrong, please let me know.


texts: Are iPhone replacements for software issues free?

texts:
iPhone 6 is not under warranty (no Apple Care+ either), but Apple Support on the phone offered a replacement phone that I pick up at the store (no mention of cost, did not ask) because of an issue with the phone that I did not cause (no physical damage). So, will this be a complimentary iPhone replacement or will it cost money like a screen repair?

Edit: It was, in the end, replaced free of charge.


texts:
I'm trying to write a script that requests the user password for some sudo-related commands. My goal is to emulate the default method that OS X uses to obtain the user's password, Password: followed by a key-like symbol, as seen in the screenshot attached below:

I tried the answer from How to get a password from a shell script without echoing over on Stack Overflow that uses read -s, but that results in Password: without the key symbol when run from a script, but displays the symbol when run from the Terminal itself . What is this key symbol, and can I find it under the Characters menu?


texts:
I am missing one nice feature after moving to Mountain Lion. I was able on Lion to press control and  drag with two fingers to magnify an area of the screen, which is particularly helpful when working with image editors that lack this function.

Was this merely a key binding that was removed, or has the feature itself been abandoned?


texts: I recently got a time capsule and I wanted to know if the time capsule uses wifi to copy movies, music ,etc. onto it?


texts: What is the method transferring an old Clash of clans on account to new device if the old device can't switch on already due to hardware problem

texts: I can't generate link for transferring my old C.O.C account to the new device. Can I use old C.O.C account to other device such iPad and using the old game centre and Apple ID? Will it transfer my previous Clash of Clans Town to the new device? Is it possible?


texts: Is it possible to print from PowerDOS/DosPad to iOS print dialogue?

texts:
I recently installed PowerDOS/DosPad — which is effectively DOSBox on iOS — onto my iPad mini 1. I use it for Dale Harris’s POS.
It works great, the only problem is I just can’t seem to figure out how to print to the iOS 9 print dialogue or any sort of print. I have a Bluetooth receipt printer that I would like to use.
Thank you to anyone who has any advice on how to make this possible.


texts: Magic Keyboard + Windows 10 -- disable fn lock?

texts:
I have used an apple wireless keyboard (not the "magic" variety) for some years on my windows 10 running on a macbook pro. I upgraded to the Magic Keyboard and I am seeing a strange behavior.

In windows fn + left/right arrow is the equivalent of the home and end respectively. Additionally, if I do that same combination but add shift, so, fn + shift + left/right arrow, I can highlight the entire line. Very handy!

On the new Magic Keyboard, when I do fn + shift (with or without arrow keys), it locks the shift and it acts as if it is being held down until I press shift again. In fact, this works with control/command as well.

Does anyone know how to disable this functionality? I think this is maybe called fn lock but googling it so far has been unfruitful.

Thanks!


texts:
When I launch winecfg or some other executables, I get this terminal output-

  Wine cannot find the ncurses library (libncurses.5.4.dylib).

It does not prevent programs from running, but it's just annoying.
How can I fix that?

Background detail:

I installed wine via homebrew, after running brew doctor (to make
sure my homebrew env is set up alright).
I use a MacBook Pro late 2013 Retina Haswell (MacBookPro11,3)


texts:
I am running Outlook 2011 on Yosemite/10.10.3 with all the latest updates installed.

When I try to add an Exchange account to Outlook, it initially runs the sync just fine. However, for any subsequent requests, I keep getting an error saying that my username or password is incorrect. If I re-enter the password, the sync works again... till the very next sync. So, the credentials I'm entering are correct

The Mail.app is able to connect to this Exchange account with my credentials. I can verify that my account is not locked out since my other devices are able to sync.

So far, I've removed the Keychain entries for my Exchange and Mail.app for the same account and deleted/added the same account multiple times to the system. I've verified and repaired Keychain as well.

I'm stumped and can't figure out why this is happening.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How can I tell when HD Voice is being used in a phone call?

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The iPhone 5 supports a wideband audio protocol for phone calls dubbed HD Voice that is supposed to improve the clarity of phone calls when it's used. Not all providers support it, but I've verified that my provider, Telus, does.

How can I tell when HD Voice is in use during a call? Is there a visual indicator in the phone app?


texts: Best way to mirror iPad to tv for my parents?

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My mother got an iPad 2 and rarely ever uses her old computer anymore. She mostly uses it to look things up and watch video in the different Swedish TV-channels apps (like SVTPlay or TV4Play). The problem is that she has no way of viewing them on anything else but the iPad so she told me that she and my dad actually sat on the sofa in front of the TV looking at the iPad screen to see a show that they had missed. I was thinking that I should solve this problem for them for her birthday in a month.

What is the best, and most importantly, easiest way for them to watch these videos on their TV instead? I'm not sure if the apps support video out but since she has an iPad 2 I was thinking of video mirroring.

The real question is if it would be better to only use the cable directly to the TV or if they would gain from having an Apple TV so that they could wirelessly control the program from the sofa. The cable is a very direct and physical interaction that is easy to understand but it's not very long so you'd need to get up to pause the program.


texts: Cannot change region of Apple ID without credit card details

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I have an iPhone 6s Plus. I want to change the country and region but I'm being asked to enter my credit card details, with no other option.

What should I do? Is there an option without entering credit details and changing the store to US?


texts: No Video Output on Second Screen During Startup?

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I have a 2018 Mac Mini with two screens attached; one is a 4k screen connected via HDMI, the other is an old 20" Cinema Display attached through a USB-C to DVI adapter.

Now, when started up this works great; the 4k screen looks amazing, and the old cinema display is a handy second monitor for throwing references, YouTube videos etc. onto to avoid cluttering my main workspace.

The problem is, during startup the Mac Mini only seems to want to output video to the cinema display; the 4k display receives no video at all. The only way to get output to the 4k display is to ensure the cinema display is physically disconnected during startup; even if I disconnect its power from the wall socket, as long as the USB-C to DVI adapter is connected to the Mac Mini, macOS still considers that monitor to be connected.

It also doesn't seem to matter how I setup the twin monitors; for example if I set the cinema display to mirror the 4k display (not that I want to do this) then I still only get output to the one screen during startup.

So my question is, is there some way I can set HDMI/my 4k display as the default for video output during startup? Some NVRAM setting or such?


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Edit: I should have mentioned in my original question that I was using MacPorts SSH client, as it turned out there were two root causes. See my own answer below.

When I SSH into my OSX machine, it's not setting the locale properly:

LANG=
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_ALL=

This should be using a UTF-8 locale. It should look like this:

LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

I'm running OSX 10.11.6 (El Capitan), and I've enabled the SSH server in System Preferences.

I'm using putty as a client on my Windows machine. When I use the same putty configuration to connect to a Linux server, the locale information is fine.

When I run a local terminal on the OSX machine, locale is fine. If I then ssh localhost, I have the same problem: no locale is set.

It seems that my OSX SSH server is ignoring or discarding the locale information from the client. I have the following in my (unmodified) /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

AcceptEnv LANG LC_*

To the best of my knowledge, that's all that's required.

My putty configuration is sending TERM=xterm-256color, which is being honored; it's only the locale information that isn't working, and to reiterate, it happens when I ssh localhost from OSX to itself, so I don't think putty is the issue here.

I will not accept answers that suggest setting the locale in my .profile; there are plenty of answers on here suggesting that, but it's a hack, not a solution.


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I set the Show Scroll Bars setting to "Automatically based on Mouse or Trackpad", but it constantly appears.

I do not want the scroll bar to automatically appear, or appear when scrolling. I want it to never appear. OS X provides the "Always" option, but I'm looking for a "Never" option.

How do I permanently disable the scrollbar?


texts: Get a menu of windows that are open with command-` like you have with command-tab

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This is one of my biggest frustrations on mac, Im thinking about disabling nested windows because of it- if thats even possible
When I hold command-tab I see a nice menu of the open apps I have. I can see the app Im going to switch to directly
Now if I want to switch between windows of the same app I just have command-` which sucks because I cant hold it to see a menu of windows that are open. If I've got 3+ windows of my IDE open this is shitty and frustrating because I have to cycle through until I get to the window I want. I cant, like I can with command-tab, see a menu and then go directly to the right window
Is there any 3rd tool that does this or a mac feature Im not familiar with?


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Can anyone tell me why Outlook is using between 650Mb and 1.2Gb of memory?

I've googled but can't find anything. Outlook isn't crashing (Seems to be the main problem others are having) but my whole system is hanging.

If it was up to me I'd uninstall, but this is a work machine.

Any advice would be appreciated.


texts: Getting a text file with the url of open tabs

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I got used to this routine my idle times:

Open hacker news, SE, other sources on my iphone.
Open interesting links as new tabs.
Read for a while.
Leave tab to remind myself to save it somewhere.

The obvious conclusion is that I found myself hitting the 500 tabs limit pretty easily. The last time I opened them manually in my macbook through iCloud, and then used a nice script to save all links with their name and url in a text file for future parsing.

I'm getting close back again (488 at the time of writing), and I'm wondering if there's anything I can do with the shortcut app that can save me at least the manual opening of 500 tabs.

Disclaimer: I know I should use pocket or Instapaper or whatever, but what I need is a solution for the already opened tabs, not for the future.


texts: I was sharing an iCloud account, would he know about my photos?

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So I was sharing an  iCloud's account with person I know and lately I took some photos which I later regretted taking.   So I deleted them immediately from my iPhone and I deactivated my iCloud photo library, my photostream and my iCloud photo sharing. Then, I logged out and made my own new account.

I am worried that this person has access to my photos even though I deleted them, because I know it's possible to  recover deleted photos from iCloud.

It is possible for him to recover the photos? Should I be worried?


texts: Recomendations for where to assign the hash (#) key

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I've just bought my first Mac (long-time PC user) and am attempting to solve the problem of the missing easy-access has (#) key. (I know it's there - either Alt +3 or Shift + 3 - but I want to access with one button push).

I've installed Ukelele as recommended in answers to this question but I was wondering whether anyone has any tips or recommendations about where to remap the has key to.

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Thank you!


texts: Set file created/modified timestamp to the earlier of the 2 for a ton of files?

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I searched for an answer to this for a while, but couldn't find one. I have a lot of wav files (thousands of them) in a sound library that somehow got either the modification or creation date updated very recently, even though I haven't touched them in any way for years.
Is there some way I could use Automator to make an application that I could drag & drop these files to (or a text file containing all of their paths & filenames) that would do the following?:

Check the timestamp data associated with the file
(date/time: modified, and created)
Check to see which timestamp is the earlier of the two
If the created timestamp is earlier than the modified one, change the modified timestamp to the created, or vice versa.

I know how to get the date modified or created in terminal, and how to loop through the files received as input. But I'm not sure how to compare the timestamps in a script to determine which is earlier, or how specifically to format the script/app that would do this automatically for each file.
I got the following script from another thread. But this will just set the date modified to the date created without checking to see which one is earlier.
for f in *.wav; do
   olddate=$(stat -f %SB -t %Y%m%d%H%M "$f")
   touch -m -t $olddate "$f"
done

And in case it makes a difference, I'm on a MacBook Pro running macOS Sierra 10.12.6.
Lastly, if this would be more appropriate for a different network (stackoverflow or superuser maybe), please LMK and I'll ask there instead.
Thank you in advance for the help!


texts: Macbook Pro, Restart in Sleep Mode/Idle-Mode

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i have a Problem with my Mid 2012 Macbook Pro (MacbookPro9,2).
Sometimes when i close the lid, it is restarting after some time. This is also hearable by the start sound. No special Software is running at this time. I am not using VMWare Fusion and also Parallels is shut down at this moment.
Here is the Crash report:

[Crash Report Pastebin][1]https://pastebin.com/5346zkn4

Currently i am running High Sierra.
Thanks or your help.