texts: Seamlessly integrate external SSD into system storage

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I'm wondering whether there exists a tool that allows me to seamlessly expand my internal SSD drive. It should be a bit like the Dropbox offline feature: I can select files and then they are automatically transferred to my external drive, symlinked, and somehow marked in Finder so it's easily recognizable that this files requires my external SSD to be attached to access it. What's the advantage of this? I don't need to replicate my folder structure when I just want to move a single file instead of the whole directory tree.
Ideally, this tool should automatically recognize based on given properties which files can be moved (e.g., very large and rarely accessed files) and then move them or propose them to me to mark as movable.
Does such a tool for macOS exist?


texts: How to move files from FileVault to NTFS?

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I have a 2011 MacBook Air running Lion.

I have setup a small Boot Camp partition for the sole purpose of copying files on to NTFS hard drives. (NTFS is the only file system my media player supports that can handle large files.)

My main partition is encrypted using FileVault - this is not optional as I travel with the MacBook and my email is on there, so it has to be encrypted.

My problem is that when booting into Windows there doesn't seem to be any way to mount the FileVault protected partition!

Am I screwed or missing something obvious?

How would you move files from a FileVault encrypted Mac onto an NTFS storage device?


texts: This question applies to all operating systems and hardware, but I was curious what is going on behind the scenes when you install an OS on hardware. I know that macOS comes preinstalled on Macbooks, but hypothetically speaking, if you had to install it, what is going on behind the scenes between machine code and CPU/quantum mechanics.


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For some reason, whenever I try to enable Java in the browser by clicking on the checkbox "Enable Java content in browser" in the Security tab of the Java control panel, it asks for my password and then promptly unselects my selection.

Does anyone know what is happening?

I have OSX 10.10.4. I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the Oracle JRE to no avail.


texts: Can I get HDR on the 4th gen iPod Touch by upgrading to iOS 4.1?

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I got to see the whole keynote at September 1st and assumed that iOS 4.1 would bring HDR to iPod Touch (4th gen) and the iPhone (3Gs and 4).

Today I got my iPod Touch and I don't get it, where's the HDR button? I get that there is no flash (was announced), but HDR Button should be there, right?

Did I wrongly assume that iPod Touch would have HDR?


texts: Stolen iPhone has already been wiped; is there any way to get it back?

texts: I've had a iPhone that's been lost for a couple of months now. It's been stolen and wiped already, so Find My iPhone doesn't work and Lost Mode is still pending (and has been for a good amount of time). Although we'll be getting a new iPhone in a few weeks, but I'd love to get my old iPhone back (that's a solid $500 I'd like to not lose).


texts: Does Notes app macOS Mojave auto-move checked off checklist items to bottom, like iOS 13?

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The Notes app on iOS 13 offered to automatically move checked-off items in a checklist to the bottom.

Does the Mac Notes app offer that in Mojave or Catalina?


texts: Unable to view my apps installed in iPad Air on iTunes

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I have iPad Air (first generation) with iOS 8.3 installed. I have iTunes 12.1.2.7 installed on my Windows 8 PC.

I have authorized iTunes to access my iPad but I cannot see any apps in my iTunes when I connect my iPad to PC.

I have apps like Amazon and Tumblr but they do not show up in iTunes. Can anyone tell me why is this not working?


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I managed to install El Capitan (not Sierra) in Virtual Box on my MBP running Sierra. Looks fine on the first view. One major problem is that I can not sign up with my own Apple (or any other test) ID within the VM. The sign in process keeps spinning and spinning. Is it because the host system IP is already using the Apple ID?
Installing Sierra into the box failed from scratch, but once the ID is up I want to try upgrading to Sierra.

Thanks,
EL


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I update my Macbook Pro* today to macOS Mojave 10.14 (18A391).

I have a Magic Mouse that I've been using for years and that has so far always worked.

However, now the right click with that Magic Mouse does no longer work. I can do a right click with two fingers on my Trackpad but not using the mouse.

I checked the settings and Secondary click is enabled.

Double-tap to zoom does work fine.

* MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)


texts: How can I set the iTerm2 window title to be the same no matter which pane is selected?

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I'm aware that the iTerm2 window title can be set with

echo -ne "\033]0;"Title goes here"\007"

but that appears to only set the title for a single pane. When I switch panes, the window title is changed.

How can I quickly/automatically set the window title to be the same for every pane?


texts: If choosing to disable the Notification Center toggle for an iOS app, does this mean that notifications can't be located after they've disappeared?

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When modifying notification settings for individual apps from within Settings app on an iOS device (by navigating to Settings app → Notifications → App Name), I've noticed that there's a toggle for the Notification Center.

If this isn't checked, does this mean that notifications for the app in question simply won't be delivered to the Notification Center at all, and impossible to locate if not initially interacted with?


texts: Does mounting a large disk image require a certain amount of free space on the internal drive?

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I've got a bunch of Mac disk images (.dmg files) that are 100 GB or larger. I'm currently on an iMac with a few hundred gigabytes of free space, but I'm going to be moving to a Mac laptop with 128 GB storage.

So, I'm wondering, would that be a problem when I have less than 100 GB of free space on my computer, but I'm opening a disk image larger than 100 GB? My guess would be no, but is ANY space on the internal drive used at all when mounting an image?

How exactly does mounting an image work, does it just change the way the operating system sees the files as one file (the disk image) rather than the actual files within the disk image, until it is mounted? Therefore, no internal space is necessary for the mount operation?

Follow-up question: Is it any slower to read from a DMG on an external drive than it is to read from any other files on the same external drive? Basically, is there any performance hit from having files in a DMG?


texts:
I need to somehow disable Safari's bookmark caching.

When I visit a page of a lecturer of mine that I've bookmarked before for easy access, Safari shows me the cached version it has; not the fresh one.

As a workaround, revisiting the bookmarked pages is an option but frankly it defeats the whole purpose of bookmarking which is very annoying.

I've tried resetting the Safari cache but with no help eventually.

Any ideas?


texts: Font display issue with 2018 Macbook Pro on External Monitor (2016 MBP is fine)

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I have a Dell Ultrawide u3417w. I recently bought a 2018 Macbook Pro and the fonts display considerably different than the 2016 Macbook Pro with the same software. Both laptops are running OSX 10.13.6. Fonts on the 2018 Macbook Pro have an orange/yellow hue around the fonts. Almost like a strange chromatic aberration.  Please see images below.

Is there anything I can do here. The fonts are pretty difficult to read. Thanks!


texts:
I deleted my Messages app but I'm not sure how to re-install it.
What can I do?
I'm on 10.9.1 by the way.


texts:
How can I format a USB disk as ext3 using OS X Yosemite?

I want to use it on another system that is linux based but I wish to format it first before connecting to the linux system.


texts:
Today I looked at my Apple Watch and I noticed that the airplane mode was turned on. I had not activated it.

When I looked on the glance with the airplane mode button, I noticed that the AirPlay icon was on (lit in blue).  When I tap it, an option comes up for "Apple Watch", but tapping it does nothing but return to the previous screen.

I have been concerned about security issues recently and this was very random.  Is this a bug, and why can't I turn it off?


texts: How do I find a specific bug on Apple's Bug Reporter?

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Apple's Bug Reporter site sometimes provides numbers of related or duplicate bugs, but I see no way to locate the referred-to bug, and the search feature only searches bugs that I've submitted.

How do I find a specific bug, not submitted by me, (e.g., using the bug number) on Apple's Bug Reporter?


texts:
I have a problem with the wifi on my MacBook, Late 2006 model.

The problem is that I only get a wifi connection if my computer is within 1m of the router. I have tried this with my Time Capsule and with my D-Link router.  If I am on the couch with it (2-3m from the MacBook) it does find the network but I instantly get the error message:

  Connection reached a max time limit

I ordered an Airport card from PowerBookMedic.com which came today, and I exchanged the one that was in the MacBook; However, I still have the same problem.
The wifi antenna cable seem to have no damage in the machine, and go as they should into the screen frame. However, I am unable to see them in the wrench at the bottom of the screen, and would like to skip opening the screen just to see the antenna.

The MacBook's HD came from another, slightly more powerful A1181 MacBook which I just put into this machine and booted. The other machine had no problems with the wifi; however, I sold it a few weeks ago.

My other devices at home have no problems with my wifi. These devices include a Mac mini, MacBook Pro 5,2, HP Photosmart, iPad, 3 iPhone 4's and an iPhone 3GS.

Also the bluetooth seems to work fine. Any ideas on what can be the problem? I've googled it a bit and don't seem to be the only one.

My MacBook is running 10.7.2 with all the latest updates installed.


texts: Using all trackpad gestures via Apple Remote Desktop

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How is possible send all trackpad gestures via Apple Remote Desktop.app (ARD)?

Some working, some not, especially don't works gestures:

mission control (4 fingers up)
exposee (4 fingers down)
swiping left-right with 4 fingers - switching screens..

These gestures interpreted in my local machine, when i'm in windowed mode of ARD, and does nothing when i'm in fullscreen mode.

Is here any way use all gestures for example in full screen mode?


texts: Sorry for what must be a very simple question but how would I move all the tunes I have on my laptop to an external drive connected to the laptop.  Storage has become an issue and the laptop is quickly running out of space so I want to put all my tunes on an external and free up some space.  This would not be for a backup but to free up space.


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Update：I found that everything goes fine when I works in another User account of the computer.

I am running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 on a 2015 Retina MacBook Pro 13" (2015).

Whenever I use the Share extension from any app, I get share screen alright, but after selecting the appropriate sharing provider, the appeared Share sheet(the second image below) become stuck and nothing can be done. I have to quit the invoking app to make the Share sheet disappear. This behaviour is observed even with Finder.app when attempting to share via AirDrop.

What could be the possible reason for the issue? I have tried erasing the disk and recovering it from my Time Machine backup, but to no avail. How do I resolve the issue?

Please refer to the images below:


texts: Pricing an app in the App Store - is free followed by paid strategy allowed?

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Can we submit an iPhone app as a free app, then after a short period, change it to a paid app?

The guide indicates that the higher the intended price for an app, the more closely it is reviewed.

We want the app to be free for an initial introductory period, but will it look like we're trying to take advantage of a loophole?

If we can offer for free initially, then raise the price, do we have to wait for a minimum period before doing so?


texts:
Previously in SL I had chax to make sure iChat was always signed in.

Now on Lion I constantly find that iChat is disconnected from Facebook chat (jabber).

Does anyone have a clever idea to keep it connected?


texts: Stereo, echo sound effects in MPlayer after upgrade to Big Sur

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After upgrading to macOS BigSur (v11) I notice strange effects in music playback with MPlayer. It sounds as if there is a new equaliser enabled. The music sounds to be played back in stereo and sometimes I hear echo effects and maybe a tiny delay. Imagine a playback speed of 0.9. I don't welcome these effects, especially when I listen to Chopin and other classical recordings.
Would you please help me to diagnose the issue and try to reinstate the original sound playback without these new effects? I use MPlayer 1.3.0-12.0.0 from MacPorts v2.6.4 @ macOS Big Sur 11.1.
Please find below the output of MPlayer during playback of an audio file in Flac format:
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1033.5 kbit/73.23% (ratio: 129183->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffflac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg FLAC audio)

AO: [coreaudio] Unable to initialize Output Unit component: [D���]
AO: [openal] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video


texts: How to export Calibre books into Apple's Books.app?

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How can I export Calibre books into the macOS Books.app?

I mainly care about PDFs at this point, but of course it would be nice if other formats could also be exported into Books.app.

I like that Books.app is automatically syncing to iOS.

I've been playing with CalibreCompanion but it's a bit tedious to have to "share" documents with other applications from there. (And the CalibreCompanion directory functionality seems broken.)

update: Ideally I'd like to synchronize with Books.app just like I can sync with a Kindle or any other ebook reader. I can open the paths from Calibre and drop files into Books but this is very tedious when handling many books.


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I am using a Acer 27-inch (68.58 cm) Full HD - KG271 Cbmidpx (Black) monitor with my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012). I am using it for the past 2 weeks. It was working fine till yesterday. Today morning, when I switched on the laptop and the monitor, I am facing resolution issues.
The display is kind of stretched out and resolution is dropped down. Not clear screen.

I am using an AmazonBasics HDMI to Mini DP cable.
I am not sure if it's a monitor issue, cable issue or some display configuration issue. Could someone please help me with this?


texts: How to add the /tmp folder to Favorites on the Sidebar of Finder?

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Can someone let me know if it is possible to add /tmp to Favorites on the Sidebar in Finder? If yes can someone provide me the steps?

Mac OS = 10.13.6


texts: Retrieving an Application from TimeMachine

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I have a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.11.6
Time Machine Software:

Need to retrieve, only, an application (Simplibudget) from "Time Machine".
This would be a backup that is about six months back, with other more recent backups of this application in front of the one I want.
Have attemped but no success.


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so I'm wondering if there's a free alternative to DVDFab. I mainly want to make unencrypted backups (to ISO file) of my DVDs. and in some instances, I want to shrink the DVDs from DVD9 to DVD5 size.

Thanks :)

ps. I've looked around the net and no --recent-- discussion on this topic.


texts:
I have a small program in C that I wanted to add a GUI to, so after looking around I decided to use GTK+. I installed gtk2 using MacPorts (version installed was gtk2 @2.24.18_1+x11).

I am compiling my program with

gcc -Wall -Wextra -pendantic `pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0` myprogram.c -lpthread -o myprogram

There are no errors during compilation, but when I run it, after some amount of time I will get random errors appearing such as:

Gdk:ERROR:gdkregion-generic.c:1110:void miUnionNonO(GdkRegion *, GdkRegionBox *, GdkRegionBox *, gint, gint): assertion failed: (y1 < y2)

Gdk:ERROR:gdkregion-generic.c:337:void miSetExtents(GdkRegion *): assertion failed: (pExtents->y1 < pExtents->y2)

Assertion failed: (ret != inval_id), function _XAllocID, file xcb_io.c, line 529.

Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server /tmp/launch-7OAilk/org.macosforge.xquartz:0.

Assertion failed: (! xcb_xlib_unknown_req_in_deq), function dequeue_pending_request, file xcb_io.c, line 179.

It looks to me like these errors are caused by a bug in Gtk/Gdk/XQuartz, is there any easy way to fix this?

I am running OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4, XCode 4.6.2, and XQuartz 2.7.4 (xorg-server 1.13.0).


texts: Making Terminal recognize HandBrakeCLI commands

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I just downloaded HandBrake on my Mac to edit videos (and compress them).

The GUI works fine, however, when I type the command HandBrakeCLI in Terminal, it does NOT find the command.

The specific issue I am trying to resolve is that I want Terminal to know where to find the HandBrakeCLI commands and related tools.

How do I do that once I have a working GUI?

How do you "activate" the HandBrakeCLI command on MAC?

This is what I am typing into my terminal:

username~ $ HandBrakeCLI -h
-bash: HandBrakeCLI: command not found

I got the idea to type that command from:

https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/CLIGuide


texts: "User is unregistered with iMessage" error message

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I use an iPod 4th gen and I text my boyfriend on iMessage to his iPhone- either his number or email. Everything was all good until it came up with a red exclamation mark, I deleted the conversations to start fresh but then it said he's unregistered with iMessages. But I can still text my other friends, it's just him that I can't.

We talked it over and he can't text me either. I asked one of my friends to text his number and it worked. I've tried rebooting my iPod Touch, restarting it, making multiple ID accounts-only one worked then later failed. This has been happening for 3 weeks and its hasn't recovered. Anyone help me out? I've also tried iMessaging him on 1 iPad and 2 other iPods, but none of those worked.

How can I iMessage him again?


texts: How can I stream audio to multiple computers at the same time?

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I'm trying to stream music to different computer's speakers simultaneously. Currently I'm doing this by physically timing the start of the song on each computer.

Are there any built in utilities or applescripts that will sync one instance of a song on two devices? I'll resort to commercial options if necessary but I'd prefer some nifty scripting.

I have a 2006 Intel iMac and a 2012 Macbook Air.


texts: Uninstalled apps on iPhone still show up in Settings

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iPhone 8+ iOS 13.5.1
I deleted the app and it still shows up in Settings, so I could not re-download it again. In the App Store, the app just says Open.
I’ve tried shutting it down multiple times (didn’t work).The app is grey with lines and it’s Snapchat.
How can I remove it from Settings?


texts: LaTeX- LaTable GUI did not show up on Mac

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I downloaded a LaTable Mac Version but when I clicked on the file, the GUI did not show up. I am using MacBook Pro 10.6.  I am wondering if anyone is having similar problems or knows how to fix this?
This is where I downloaded the package.

http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/LaTable-Download-79088.html

I also downloaded Darwin that supposedly help Mac run some Windows based program.

http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/2009-April/040025.html

http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/


texts: I just bought the wrong album on iTunes. How do I give it back?


texts: OS volume shows as type 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFF' after attempting to delete some Linux partitions—cannot log in

texts:
I was unable to just delete the partitions left by an old Linux Mint installation by pressing the '-' button in disk utility. I looked online and read that I could reformat them to a journaled format from the command line and then delete it from disk utility. The command was something like diskutil eraseVolume deleteme JFS+ /dev/disk0s4 (and then again for disk0s5, as there were two).

After this command, disk utility showed the two partitions had been reformatted, but I could now see the Recovery HD partition between the two deleteme partitions and the Macintosh HD partition, which meant I could not delete them without deleting the Recovery HD partition, which even I knew was a bad idea.

I checked diskutil list and saw that my main partition was now showing the type 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFF', so I was pretty sure something had gone wrong. I backed up my home folder and rebooted to be successfully brought to the login screen, but when I try to log in, it loads for a while before showing me a black screen with a grey no-symbol.

Here are the results of diskutil list and gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

For the record I have a 13" Retina MacBook Pro mid-2014 version.


texts: Restart needed to reconnect Thunderbolt Display?

texts:
I was just reading the Apple Thunderbolt Wiki and stumbled upon this:

  25) If I eject a Thunderbolt device using the Taskbar tool or disconnect the Thunderbolt cable, can I reconnect it again without
  restarting?

  No. A directly-connected Thunderbolt device that is removed with the
  Taskbar tool or by disconnecting the Thunderbolt cable will not be
  recognized until you restart the computer.

Is that really true? Does that mean I would have to restart my macbook, if I was connected in the morning, unplugged it, put it to sleep, then went to the office and wanted to work on afterwards?


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Sometimes the activation option from the PwnageTool does bring your GSM in an unusable state if you have and iPhone that is locked to other network than AT&T.

All I remember is that it was a tool that I installed using Cydia that was able to deactivate the phone.


texts: Is it possible to receive SMS text messages in iPad Air?

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iPad Air has SIM card inside.

Can I receive SMS messages with it?

My mobile provider sends control information by SMS messages, which I can't receive apparently.


texts: In Outlook for Mac is it possible to set "Respond Without Comments" to be my default when accepting an invite?

texts:
As it is, the default action on the "Respond" button is "Respond with Comments" and I have to click the drop down to send the response without comments.

Please Respond.
Accept | Tentative | Decline
Respond With Comments
Respond Without Comments
Do Not Send a Response

99% of the time if I'm accepting an invite I don't need to comment.
I've looked through the Preferences for Outlook and I don't see anything related to this.


texts: Looking for a simple file manager for Mac

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I am looking for a simple file manager for Mac. My requirements are:

support the usual grid view
show the file size of highlighted files
does not truncate long file names - adjusts the grid instead

Something like the example on the bottom right sourced from this question on Ask Ubuntu.

Unfortunately, I only find alternative file managers that use a list view. Is there an file manager that meets these requirements?


texts: mount AFP share, carrying the server's file ACLs through to the client

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The goal: I've got a server sharing files via AFP. On the server, these files have ACLs. When I mount this share with a client, I'd like for the files that appear on the client to retain the original ACLS, as they are on the server -- but instead, the files on the client do not get ACLs.

On the client, I've tried mounting from the command line with afp_mount, but that doesn't appear to give many more options.

The back story:
Why would I want to do this? Won't the client and the server have different users anyway? Well, here's the slightly more complex picture...

I've got a computer, let's call it the "office server", that has a whole bunch of users/groups. It shares a whole bunch of files with complicated ACLs for those users/groups. Then I've got several other computers, let's call them "workstations", that connect to the office server to access files. Ok so that part is simple and common. Then, I've got another computer, let's call it the "backup server" that is responsible for making daily and weekly rsync snapshots of the share points on the office server. All of this works. No problem. The files on the backup server even get backed up with the full ACLs on the office server, despite the fact that the backup server doesn't have any of the users/groups referenced in the ACLs. All is well.

But here's what I'm trying to do: When the workstations connect to a share point on the office server, I'd like for them to be able to access the backup files, on a read-only basis. This way, our staff can say "oh shoot, I just messed-up/deleted that file on the office server, now I'll go into the backups and restore it". The users/groups/ACLs on the office server are complex and change relatively often, so I don't want to try duplicating this scheme across two machines. I figure if I can get the office server to locally mount the backup files from the backup server, then on the office server I can symlink this mounted share into the served share for workstations to see. It would be kind of like a share within a share. It's so close to working, but I just can't get the office server to inherit the same ACLs as they are while on the backup server.

Any ideas?


texts: MBP 2016 + iMac 21 (mid 2011) using a thunderbolt 2->HDMI cable and an HDMI->type C adapter?

texts: I was wondering if that would work? I've found out this to be the cheapest option for me, albeit an awkward one.


texts: Is there any reason not to enable Error Correction in iTunes?

texts: When importing CDs in iTunes you have the option to enable error correction. With the exception of the obvious potential for slower import speeds... is there any reason not to have this enabled?


texts:
There is a memory I would like to save on my phone, but the name of it is just the name of my home town, which is quite boring. I know by default it looks like all the memory names are just the name of where the photo was taken.

I was wondering is there a way to change memory names?


texts: Why does Google Chrome fail to draw tabs correctly when the Discrete graphics adapter is in use?

texts:
Google Chrome fails to paint browser tabs correctly while the Discrete graphics adapter is in use.

I have an Early 2011 15" MacBook Pro running OSX 10.10.5 (Yosemite) and am running Chrome Version 53.0.2785.143 (64-bit). This problem began about a month ago.


texts: How can Windows be installed to a Mac via Boot Camp in BIOS Boot mode?

texts: When looking at answers to several questions on Ask Different concerning installing Windows via Boot Camp, I've seen several references to installing Windows to a Mac via "BIOS Boot". Would somebody be able to explain how this can be achieved?


texts:
I have a 2011 27" iMac i7 3.4gHz with 24 GB RAM. The startup disk is a 256 GB SSD and then I have another 1TB HDD installed as well. I use it for both design (Adobe Suite, Sketch, etc) and front-end dev (node, mongo, etc) as well as a little Wordpress dev. For a 2011, I can't really complain about its performance - it starts up in under 30 seconds, can handle NUMEROUS browser, terminal and VScode tabs and run Illustrator and Photoshop pretty flawlessly. If I have a server or 2 running in the background, some of that starts to suffer.

Based on all that, I'm inclined to think "if it's not broken, don't fix it", BUT I just read about the thing people with 1 SSD and 1 HDD have been doing for quite a while now, which is combining the 2 for a Fusion Disk and have to say I'm a little more than intrigued.

Doing this would require me to reorganize all my applications, project folders, scripts, etc so it wouldn't be a small undertaking, but if it will give the boost in performance many have reported, it will probably be worth it.

Given my system specs and the type of work I'm doing on it, am I likely to see a noticeable change?


texts: How to disable macOS catching CTRL-A when running screen

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I am connecting to a Linux computer through the serial port using screen on my Mac.

I ran minicom on my Linux computer and minicom uses CTRL-A for commands.

But if I enter CTRL-A, the macOS catches this and tries to interpret the command.  Is there a way to temporarily disable the macOS from interpreting the CTRL-A?


texts: Disable Trackpad and Keyboard Temporarily

texts:
Is it possible to disable the trackpad and mouse temporarily while you have an external mouse and keyboard plugged in.

The keys keep getting accidentally hit while I have the mouse and keyboard plugged in.

Edit

Thank you to everyone who answered, because of this I was able to make an applescript to toggle the builtin keyboard on and off:

try
    if (display dialog "Press OK to Enable Keyboard and cancel to disable.") = {button returned:"OK"} then
        do shell script "sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/" with administrator privileges
    end if
on error msg
    do shell script "sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/" with administrator privileges
end try


texts: Produce QuickTime compatible mov file with transparent background from png using ffmpeg

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QuickTime can create a movie from a sequence of input images. Different formats for the output can be selected, including HEVC and Apple Pro Res. Unfortunately, QuickTime allows for no control over the compression rate. The file using the HEVC codec is too noisy for my taste and the file using Apple Pro Res is huge. Alternatively a file can be produced using ffmpeg, like so
ffmpeg -framerate 60 -i %d.png -c:v libx265 -pix_fmt yuv420p -x265-params lossless=1 -vf scale=out_color_matrix=bt709 -color_primaries bt709 -color_trc bt709 -colorspace bt709 out.mov

Unfortunately, the resulting file is not compatible with QuickTime. This is quite surprising, as the metadata for the file produced in QuickTime and the file obtained from ffmpeg seem to be quite similar. Here's the metadata for the QuickTime file
Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: qt
    creation_time   : 2021-01-06T16:42:09.000000Z
  Duration: 00:00:03.02, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1927 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: hevc (Main) (hvc1 / 0x31637668), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x960 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 1918 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2021-01-06T16:42:09.000000Z
      handler_name    : Core Media Video
      encoder         : HEVC

and here's the metadata for the ffmpeg file
Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: qt
    encoder         : Lavf58.45.100
  Duration: 00:00:03.02, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 8003 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: hevc (Main) (hev1 / 0x31766568), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x960 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 7990 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 15360 tbn, 60 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      encoder         : Lavc58.91.100 libx265

Does anyone know how to produce a QuickTime compatible file using ffmpeg or some other freely available software?


texts: iPhotos > Shared Photo Albums: Protect from Remote Deletion

texts:
Several iPhoto Shared Albums disappeared after the person who shared the albums with me deleted them.

Is there anyway I can safeguard pictures in Shared Albums even if the Album they were shared from is deleted at some point in the future?


texts: How do I stop my iPhone from asking to upgrade to iOS 10?

texts: It's super annoying. My iPhone 5 was dog slow after iOS 9. I don't want to waste my time with iOS 10.


texts: Share a Mail.app mailbox between multiple computers

texts:
I have a Mail.app mailbox on my Mac where I archive mails received from an IMAP account which has a relatively strict quota on mailbox size (500MB). I write mails into the archive once a month (as I reach my quota), but I read from it frequently. The archive mailbox has grown to a couple of gig in size. Having just bought a second Mac, I'd like to share this mailbox across Mail.app on both Macs. Please can some suggest a good solution for doing this? I am reasonably happy to ignore concurrent access problems as a) I will almost certainly never make concurrent writes to to the archive, and b) concurrent reads should be ok for most systems that I can imagine.

My first attempted solution was to move the .mbox file to Dropbox and soft link (ln -s) that file (actually a directory) back to its original location. However when I opened Mail.app the mailbox disappeared. Any suggestion on how to get this to work would also be appreciated.


texts: How can I delete the reminders database?

texts:
seems my reminders data are corrupted. A regular task is popping up again and again which I cannot delete (error message).

I am fine with deleting ALL regular tasks from both the reminders and calendar app.

Is there a safe way to empty reminders recurrent entries (or, delete the reminders data completely without loosing non-reminder entries in calendar? I am aware both are nastily intertwined.

(MBP 2015 Mojave 10.14.1)


texts: How can I see my Apple ID email / contacts without installing iCloud?

texts: I don't want to install iCloud on every work or borrowed PC I happen to use, but would like to be able to read my mail and contacts related to that Apple ID.  Isn't there a way to simply use a browser to read my email and see the contacts, like Gmail or Outlook?


texts: Trying to reinstall Mojave to MacBook Pro 2018

texts:
I'm trying to recover MacBook Pro 2018 model using recovery mode. Recovery offers an option to reinstall macOS Mojave into the computer. When I try to install the OS, it hangs when 2 minutes is left of the installation and finally fails with following error message:

"The file couldn't be opened because it isn't in the correct format.
The file might be corrupted, truncated, or in an unexpected format."

Here's an image (sorry, I had to take it with phone, I wasn't able to screenshot it):

I wasn't able to post the log here because it was flagged as spam but in the log there are multiple instances of errors like these:
Jan 18 09:02:05 MacBook-Pro osinstallersetupd[603]: IFJS: Package Authoring Error: access to path "/private/var/db/gkopaque.bundle" requires <options allow-external-scripts='true'>
Jan 18 09:40:37 MacBook-Pro osinstallersetupd[603]: PackageKit: Failed to verify InstallESDDmg.pkg: xar_verify failed
I've tried downloading the same files as installer with cURL in recovery terminal and there has been no problems.
Any suggestions what I should try? Bootable USB is not an option since the Startup Security Utility prevents booting from external media and the computer does not have an administrator account.


texts:
I had serval problems with the SATA cable for the hard disk on my MacBook Pro 13" mid 2009.

Buying a new cable from apple was too expensive for that old MacBook, so I kicked out the SuperDrive and put my disk in there.

Now there is quite a lot empty space in my MacBook and I wonder if it would be possible to put a bigger battery in there.

Considering that the old battery is 8 years old and there is more space now it should be possible almost double the battery capacity.

Now I wonder if there is any way to get such a battery?


texts:
I'm trying to configure VPN on my Mac Mini Server running OS X Lion 10.7.1 with Server app.

I have a SKY D-Link ADSL router connected via ethernet is Apple AirPort Extreme and my other devices including my Mini connect to my AirPort Extreme via Wi-Fi.

I don't have a Static IP so I am using DynDNS. I have installed the DynDNS Mac application on my Mini.

I have set the hostname on my mini to the hostname provided by DynDNS and I have set my Mini a static LAN IP of 192.168.0.100.

I have turned the VPN service on the Mini's server app, set a secret key and set a range for VPN connections of 192.168.0.101 - 192.168.0.200

For testing purposes I have enabled and forwarded all ports for incoming services to 192.168.0.100 on my D-Link Sky router.

I have tried to connect my iPhone using my DynDNS host name authenticating with a network account I have created and my secret key. I get an error the L2TP-VPN server did not respond.

My internet connection is working correctly on both my network and my iPhones data plan I have checked with my ISP and they do not block VPN connections.


texts: Toggle Ink's WriteAnywhere with AppleScript

texts: How can you easily toggle the Ink preference pane setting "Write Anywhere"?


texts: Black screen with dual monitors (10.9.3)

texts:
I have been experiencing a problem with my Macbook Pro (latest version) when connecting it to a dual monitor.

I usually click on the trackpad to wake the computer immediately after it has gone into sleep mode but ever since I have started using dual monitors the computer doesn't wake instantly.

I will see the outline of my mouse but the background remains black.

Here is what the console shows after the sleep-wake up

What have I tried:

To get around this problem I have just changed the sleep time on my computer but that is only a temporary solution.

I also contacted Apple support who suggested a PRAM reset but unfortunately that didn't work either.

Interestingly my roommate has the same problem with his Mac (both are on 10.9.3) so I am wondering if this might be an issue with Apple's dual monitor support and not a hardware issue.

Any ideas?


texts: I am trying to enable two Google Drive accounts (private and work) following these steps. In addition, I did chown to my main account (user), and chmod appropriately. However, it seems to me that the second account is not synced until I actually switch to that second user. Anyone with similar experience? Any solution? Thanks!


texts:
This question is for those of you familiar with command-line tools and disk images. I'm stumped!

Previously, I could mount a read-only disk image with a "shadow" file to make it read-write using this command:

hdiutil attach "someDiskImage.dmg" -shadow "someShadowFile.dmg"

However, on Catalina (macOS 10.15) this doesn't work. I'm not sure why or whether it is related to the OS version. Here is the output I get:

-> ls -al

total 391168
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myname  admin  188484680 Nov  7  2018 example.dmg
-rw-r--r--  1 myname  admin   11767808 Nov  7  2018 example.dmg.shadow

-> hdiutil attach -shadow example.dmg.shadow example.dmg

Usage:  hdiutil attach [options] <image>
        hdiutil attach -help

->

Can anyone help me figure this out? Is -shadow just broken on Catalina? Thanks. Also, can you verify if you can reproduce this issue?


texts: Is a Sparse Bundle image or Sparse Image better for many files 3 TB external hard drive 4TB?

texts:
I'm on a Mac and Windows PC, and have many files (videos, photos, documents, iTunes Backups, but without Windows or macOS system backup)
the size is 3TB or larger in my old external hard drive.
I use macOS 10.13.2 and Windows 10 (Build 1709)

I plan to copy this data into an single macOS Image and put it on the new external hard drives (4TB).

it is recommended to create a disk image (sparse image or sparse bundle image, I am not sure what is better) of macos with a single size of 4tb.

what file system (hfs+, apfs, exFAT) should the macos image have for the future?

are there any experiences with a single 4tb macOS image? are there any reports, where the image can no longer be opened by updating the system os? or other bugs? can you open it under windows?

This data that I use so far is a backup, no new data will be added. The data will not be edited, it should only be used for consumption.

are there users here who tested it, how was it? was it fast? were there problems?


texts:
The left internal speaker on my 2018 MBP fried (sounds annoying common). I don't really want to take it in to get it fixed, and I'm hoping I can just disable the left one and use the right one.

In Audio Devices, there is a checkbox to mute channel 1 (left), but I can't actually click it.

Is there another way to turn off a single internal speaker on a MBP?


texts: Can I re-use an email address for a new Apple ID that was previously a secondary email address?

texts:
I want to use my son's email for his new iPad mini, but previously his email was associated with my Apple ID on my iPhone 5c as an alternate email address. I have deleted his email from my Apple ID, but I still can't set up his iPad using his own email address.

I am attempting to create a new Apple ID for him with his email so all my contacts won't come up on his iPad mini. When we try it, it says that the email is already associated with an Apple ID.


texts: "Look up & data detectors" not working in Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Google Chrome PDF

texts:
I'm learning English as a foreign language, so I often need to look up words by force-clicking. Most of the time, this brings up a window that shows the dictionary definition of that word. However, this feature does not work in Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Google Chrome (when a PDF is opened and is the active tab). When I force-click, nothing happens. There is also no "Look up" option in the menu when right-clicking on the word.
Does this feature require special effort from the application developers? Is there anything I can do to fix this issue, or is it something that only the application developers can do?
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, Google Chrome 88.0.4324.96, newest version of Office and Adobe Acrobat.


texts: Is it possible to use the laptop's audio via headphone jack and Bluetooth speakers at the same time?

texts: Lolo Joe wants earphone jack to plug and use big speakers but at the same time he wants to partner the music coming out the earphone jack and his Bluetooth system and speakers. Is it even possible to use the earplug connection and the Bluetooth system and devices at the same time?


texts: Access chat in Microsoft Teams after meeting

texts:
Is there any way to access chats after a meeting in Microsoft Teams?
I have some kind of MS Teams app on my macbook. I use it to join a MS Teams meeting when I'm invited to one.
However, it is not the 'complete' Teams app which also has chat, filesharing and other stuff. I am not part of some company team with a Active Directory account, so i cannot 'log in' to Teams. The app just opens when i click 'Join Meeting' from an invite.
So after i wave goodbye and exit the meeting, where to the chats go?


texts: How can I locate my MS Office license key?

texts: I want to install MS Office on my other iMac. So I can have it functioning on 2 iMacs. I believe I purchased 3 licenses, but can't find the key.  How can I locate my license key?


texts: Can't delete iCloud account from Mail, Contacts, Calendars

texts:
When trying to log into iCloud from System Preferences, I'm told

  [appleid] is already signed in to iCloud

  To use this as your primary iCloud account, delete it from Mail, Contacts,
  and Calendars and sign in again.

However, I can't delete the account from Mail, Contacts and Calendars.  When I go to that preference pane, I'm prompted for my iCloud password, after which I'm told the account isn't verified.  Checking at http://appleid.apple.com shows that the account is verified. Requesting that another verification email be sent is met with the following error:

  Couldn't request a new verification email because of a server error.

Any ideas how to delete the account from Mail, Contacts and Calendars? I've deleted all other mail accounts. Removed the mail folders and plist files from ~/Library/. Rebooted.  Tried adding a different apple id.  Tried everything I could find from Google that looked even close.  No luck.  Help!


texts: Bootcamp - Lost 200GB as Bootcamp froze on "while partitioned" for 5~ hours

texts:
I was installing Windows 10 via Bootcamp on my iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) running OS X El Capitan - Version 10.11.4.

What happen was yesterday Bootcamp froze on "while partitioned" for around 5 hours. This slowed my computer considerably down and upon research online I found this amount of time was not normal and as I knew little about Bootcamp I force quit it (I realise that was really stupid, but it happened). I then found that I lost 200GB of hard drive space not being shown in disk utility or anything, currently when using Bootcamp the error which comes up is "The disk could not be partitioned".

I tried multiple fixes online such as looking through disk utility and going into some sort of white and black text mode and typing stuff in.

EDIT: Command I wrote in when holding Command + S during startup was sbin/fsck -fy

Here is the partition map of disk0:

    start       size  index  contents
        0          1         PMBR
        1          1         Pri GPT header
        2         32         Pri GPT table
       34          6
       40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
   409640  236306352      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236715992     262144      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236978136          7
236978143         32         Sec GPT table
236978175          1         Sec GPT header

partition map of disk1:

     start        size  index  contents
         0           1         PMBR
         1           1         Pri GPT header
         2          32         Pri GPT table
        34           6
        40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    409640  5858853728      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
5859263368     1269760      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
5860533128           7
5860533135          32         Sec GPT table
5860533167           1         Sec GPT header`

diskutil cs list output:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 11B03F1B-D92D-4B61-BCC9-F134E39E6C5B
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         3120721960960 B (3.1 TB)
    Free Space:   201535127552 B (201.5 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 3F02FF76-C5DF-4DBA-8F1F-86FE1A350A01
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume C6C852A4-FC2B-4C57-9A28-72B833CF80F0
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     2999733108736 B (3.0 TB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 7EA46506-2092-46DE-9D8C-67CCD88D1A8A
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume F121E76E-FDD4-405A-8566-1122FD35BC5F
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk2
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          2912999964672 B (2.9 TB)
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
            LVG Type:              Fusion, Sparse


texts: How to nuke everything from imac and start it at the beginning from scratch like i first bought it

texts:
I have some problems that i cannot resolve on my iMac and now I would like to delete everything and start it from scratch like when i first bought it a few years ago.  Please show me the steps.

Thanks,

Jon


texts: How do I prevent my Mac from autocorrecting my username?

texts:
Every time I try to login with my usual username (i.e. gsamaras), I get a pop-up, like a suggestion from my Mac, for the word samaras, so unless I click on the x button, "gsamaras" will be replaced by "samaras".

How can I tell my Mac not to correct gsamaras?

Note: Formatting the laptop is not an option.


texts: Keep iTunes library in sync on OS X and Boot Camp (Windows 8)?

texts: Is it possible for me to keep my iTunes libraries in sync with each other on OS X and Windows if so how? My iTunes library is stored on a network share made available via AFP and SMB. Is it possible for me to make it so that any changes made on iTunes on Windows are also shown in OS X and vice-versa or will I have to maintain separate iTunes Libraries resulting in a clunky mess (especially when iTunes Match starts uploading playlists twice and other things)?


texts: Can't boot from external APFS formatted SSD

texts:
I have a Mac mini with macOS High Sierra and an external SSD drive connected via USB also with High Sierra on it.

After converting the external SSD to APFS it doesn't boot anymore - my Mac can't see it as bootable and doesn't show it when booting with holding Option key.

If I go to System Preferences -> Startup Disk and choose the external drive I get an error:

You can’t change the startup disk to the selected disk.

Running bless to place boot files failed.

It seems that macOS can't install some boot files on that disk. Running First Aid on that disk in Disk Utility also produces an error:

Verifying allocated space.
error: Underallocation Detected on Main device: (7219537+1) bitmap address (184373)
Space Verification failed.
The volume /dev/disk1s2 could not be verified completely.

What can I do to restore those boot files and make the SSD finally work? I don't want to erase it and reinstall.


texts:
I am looking for recommendations for a video card for my Mac Pro version 2,1 circa spring 2007. It currently has the ATI 512MB card that Apple sold as an option at the time.

Are there new cards on the market that would work with this machine? My main reason for asking is that the current card is overheating and crashing the machine.


texts: SafariBookmarksSyncAgent makes new iMac freeze

texts:
For the past few weeks my new iMac kept freezing. After many, many hours with Apple tech support, both in the store and on the phone, we narrowed it down to something called SafariBookmarksSyncAgent which is sucking up all my memory, putting the memory pressure into the red, then off the scale.

To use my computer, I have to keep the Activity Monitor up on the screen so I can force quit SafariBookmarksSyncAgent when it pops up every 3 to 5 seconds.

No one at tech support has been able to figure it out. We've tried safe mode, we've unchecked Safari (I use Firefox, not Safari as my browser) under iCloud in all devices in my house. The Apple tech people say they never even heard of SafariBookmarksSyncAgent. Right now, the engineering department is supposed to be looking into it.

How can I solve this issue?


texts: How to block an airport device from connecting?

texts:
So I have recently been noticing my neighbor's Apple TV has been showing up under my list of audio output options under "preferences."  I wanted to see if there was a way to remove it from from the menu.  I have a mac with Yosemite 10.10.1.  I don't really have any need for airplay, just need to be able to use wif.

Thank you so much in advance!


texts: How do I prevent repeated iCloud logins when switching boot disk?

texts:
I've several different APFS bootable volumes. When I restart, and switch from MacOS 13 to 15, or back to 13, after I log into my user account, I'm asked to re-authenticate on iCloud.

It seems that each change in boot disks makes iCloud believe that this is a new machine. This is new behavior since I installed MacOS 15, though I've always noticed that iCloud requires re-authentication more frequently than seems necessary.


texts:
I have recently bought an iPhone 6s and transferred my 5c to another family member. I have updated both photo libraries of both phones to my Macbook Air. My problem is that all photos appear on each device at any time, and if I delete a photo from any device then it is deleted from them all, (with or without a cable connection). I would like to use the Macbook as a library for both phones, but keep different photos on each phone.
How do I do this without losing any photos now?


texts: iBooks Apple ID sign in prompt accepts my password but fails and re-asks, repeatedly

texts:
I am on a new MacBook laptop running 10.14, and trying to sync my book library on iCloud to the Books app.

When I open the Books app it asks me to sign in to Apple ID, and it accepts my password. But then within about 5 seconds the sign-in window appears again, as if for the first time. It doesn't say the password or ID is wrong.  Typing in the password again has the same effect.

It does this over and over, and it doesn't seem to have signed me in, and so my books never get downloaded to the device.

Despite the books not being downloaded, the Books app identifies my iCloud "collections" in the side bar, but the collections are empty.

Also the Books app is showing me a preview of what my old library looked like on my old laptop (which I no longer have access to) but doesn't show any of the new additions to my iCloud library made on my iPhone.

Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks


texts:
I'm not sure what's going on here, but whenever I go to a new line, tab doesn't work.  It doesn't work in other lines of the same paragraph either, but if I go back to a previous paragraph, hit tab, delete the tab in that paragraph, and then go down to where I want the tab, it lets me do it.  But then the problem will pop up again in the next paragraph.

How can I fix this problem and what is causing it?

After further experimentation, I've found that just clicking into another paragraph and clicking back does the trick, most of the time anyway.

After even more experimentation, I've discovered that by inserting a blank line at the end of the document, I can solve the problem for the most part.  It usually only occurs when I'm trying to put a tab on the last line of a document.  However, this isn't a perfect solution and I'm still having the issue sometimes.


texts: Is there a way to send Google Notifications to the Mac OS X Notification Center or to Growl?

texts:
Is there a way to send Google Chrome Notifications (you know that annoying little bell in the menu bar) to the OS X Notification Center? Instead of receiving notifications in different positions and styles (native OS X Notifications, Growl, Chrome Notifications), I would like to see them in one place - the OS X Notification Center.

Is there an easy way to configure this, or a tool that can help with doing this?

Update

I've found Hiss, which allows to send Growl messages to the OS X Notification Center, which is great, since it minimizes the number of notification styles.

In addition to the question above, is there a way to send Chrome Notifications to Growl? That might allow to use Hiss to finally route them to the OS X Notification Center.


texts: my built in camera on my MacBook Pro is not found

texts: All of a sudden my computer is not finding the built in camera... I use this everyday. No FaceTime, no videorecording... nothing.


texts: `emacs` and `Emacs` start the same application?

texts:
I am trying to understand how the shell is interpreting emacs and Emacs, and where it finds the application.

I can launch emacs by running

bash
emacs &

or

Emacs &

in the terminal, and it looks to me like it is the same application (which is not the emacs shipped with the OS, which is at /usr/bin/emacs, but another one which I have installed, almost certainly with emacsformacosx though I am not sure how to verify this information).

My PATH:

$ echo "$PATH"
/Users/antoine/.gem/ruby/2.6.0/bin:/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:/anaconda3/condabin:/Users/antoine/.pyenv/shims:/Users/antoine/.local/bin:/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin

Running

which emacs

returns

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/emacs

and

which emacs

returns

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs

Now if I look into the folder /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/, I only see Emacs but no emacs:

$ ls -1d /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/[eE]*
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-i386-10_5
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_10
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_5
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_7
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_9

On the other hand, if I use find, I get a result emacs, but I don't understand where it comes from:

$ find /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/ emacs | grep emacs
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_7/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_9/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-i386-10_5/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_5/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_10/emacsclient
emacs

but I don't see this last emacs in the folder, so where should I be looking?

(In addition, I don't understand exactly what find does, as it returns outputs without the string "emacs" in it, so I filtered them with grep).

One last remark.
Previously I had a typo in my PATH (which I set in my .profile): I had

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOs

(note the lower case "s" in "MacOs" at the end) instead of

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS

But I did not get any error, not did it seem to make any difference to correct this type.  Namely, even with the type, which emacs happily returned /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOs/emacs (with the typo) and which Emacs just as happily returned /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOs/Emacs (again with the type).

So this suggests that emacs or Emacs are found somewhere else.


texts: What control / access does the exchange team have over my iphone when using the exchange connector?

texts: I work at a small company (80 employees), when we deployed MS Exchange anyone who connected their iphones using the exchange connector lost the icon to the camera on the home screen. The engineers made some changes and the camera icon returned. What other access / control does the exchange team have over our phones? Can they view email (personal and exchange?), photos, web history etc?


texts:
I am an on-and-off user of Sibelius, and the version I own turns out to be partially incompatible with Big Sur. Some months after upgrading to Big Sur, I decided that I wanted to use my version of Sibelius and have it work as intended. So I reinstalled Catalina. I figured I could migrate my Time Machine backup without issue, but Migration Assistant couldn't find it. So I dragged files I needed to my computer from my external drive manually. However, I found that there were permissions issues. For example, I tried editing a JS file in VS Code, and it wouldn't save, telling me it didn't have permission. It gave me the option to try with sudo, which I did, but that still didn't work. I've tried the following:

Using the Finder to try to recursively apply permissions to my user to Macintosh HD's contents (was told by a popup that I didn't have permissions).
diskutil disableOwnership on one of the volumes.
chmod -R
chown -R
sudo diskutil resetUserPermissions / id -u (with backticks)
Repairing permissions from the Terminal in Recovery Mode

Has anyone had an issue like this and found success with another option? I suppose that the reason I can't recursively apply permissions to the hard drive is that there are files within there that I don't have permissions for, even after clicking the little lock, but I'm at a loss with what to do after trying all of this stuff in the Terminal/Recovery Mode.


texts: How to Add All Songs of Apple Music Playlist to My Music at Once?

texts:
When browsing through Apple Music, there are curated Apple Music Playlists.

Now, I can add each song of the Apple Music Playlist to "My Music" by right clicking and selecting "Add to my Music". That's very inconvenient, when I want to add all songs of that playlist to "My Music".

Is there any easier way? Any one-click solution?


texts:
I know that you can manage snapshots with the CLI with the command "tmutil".
Unfortunately I don't know where exactly these snapshots are stored in the operating system?
Edit:
Suppose I don't have a backup hard drive at hand at the moment. Therefore I create a snapshot of the currently running hard disk with the command tmutil under the terminal.
I can view these snapshots later with the command "tmutil listlocalsnapshots /"
The only question is, where exactly are these snapshots on my hard drive? There must be a path where these files are saved? And I would like to know this


texts: My iCloud and phone storage is full and my camera permissions in all apps have been turned off and disabled. Please suggest how to resolve this?

texts: My iPhone storage is full and iCloud as well. I tried to delete some pictures and videos and apps.  But it seems like they are not deleting and nothing is changing on my phone. I have tried uploading videos to YouTube so I can delete them from my phone. I did that for a few days. Now all of my apps cannot access the camera through Settings at all or request permission through Settings or privacy. I need help. I have iOS 13.6. I also have another software update pending but I do not have enough storage to download it.


texts: Can't connect to any apple servers, third party apps have trouble connecting

texts:
Problem
I can't login to iCloud, Itunes, App Store on my Macbook
Accessing the App Store app displays a 'Cannot connect to App Store' message
Attempting to sign in by going to [System Preferences > iCloud] and entering my password results in "There was an error connecting to the Apple ID server"
(On my last attempt it made it to the two step verification step. But after entering the code it hung for some time before the message "Account Details could not be opened because of an error connecting to iCloud."

I can sign in to apple.com on the same computer through a browser with the same login information just fine.

Context
I've never had this issue before until a few days ago. One day I had issues login through another application (Clip Studio). I also get "steam was unable to sync your files with the steam cloud" message when trying to play games on Steam (another application on my mac). Eventually I tried updating with the App Store but it gave me a "Didn't get a response from the Apple Software Update server" message. My safari is also very very slow now.
Specifications
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
macOS Mojave
Version 10.14.6 18G6042
What I've tried:
Closing and opening the windows again
Restarting the computer
Double checking that my login info is correct
Restoring mac from time machine backup to an earlier date (what I believed was a couple days before the issue)
[Keychain Access > Preferences > Reset My Default Keychains]
Clear safari cache, clear safari history
Rebooting in safe mode (same issue there)
Creating a new user (same issue there)
Malware bytes scan (no issues)
Completely turned off default firewall (I don't think I have other firewall apps)
Checked Proxy settings
[only Auto Proxy Discovery is checked]


texts:
I have a 6 year old MacBook. It suddenly died last Sunday. When I started it the battery was charged to 100% - some minutes later it was at approximately 20%. Then the screen suddenly turned black and shut down.

I wasn't able to start it again since then. It usually shows the grey screen and the progress wheel but then either remains in that state for hours or turns black again.

I tried everything from Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup: from safe boot, resetting the NVRAM/PRAM, to starting from installation disc. With the only result that it does not eject the disc anymore.

As I read, everything indicates that the hard disc is broken. Is there anything else I can do than to buy a new notebook?

Update:
- AHT didn't inspect any problems
- boot after removing the battery didn't work


texts: Can I fix this problem backing up Time Machine to an external HD via Airport Extreme?

texts:
I'm using a MacBook Pro and I decided to try using my WD Passport external HD wirelessly by connecting it to my Airport Extreme.  I had previously used this external HD for storing things as well as for my Time Machine backups.  I'm showing my ignorance here, but now there is a folder on the external HD called "MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" with a little red minus or do not enter symbol on the icon and when I go to run Time Machine it says, "Oldest backup: none," and "Latest backup: none."  But I can plainly see the backup right there on the external HD.  I'm sorry I ever tried this and all I want is to undo whatever I did so I can go back to using Time Machine normally. I just re-formatted this external HD and backed up, and then did a bunch of changes on my MBP.

I don't want to start again at zero if there are options for me to continue using the sparsebundle.


texts: What's the difference between "loving" a song and clicking a song's heart in iTunes?

texts:
I'm finally experimenting with an iTunes Music subscription, hoping to find music I like based on what I already like.

iTunes seems to have two ways to express my opinion on a song I'm listening to in iTunes Music:

I can select a song and, two-finger click on is and select either "Love" or "Disklike".

Separately, I can hover to the left of the song and a heart outline heart will appear, and I can click this, which fills the heart in with red. Clicking again toggles it back.

These two actions seem to be independent. "Loving" a song doesn't turn the heart on, turning the heart on doesn't "love" a song.

What do these two things indicate? Which one, if either, will make it more likely that iTunes Music will suggest songs that I might like?


texts: Why can't I download the latest Boot Camp installer when first configuring Boot Camp?

texts:
I have a white Macbook that is released near the end of 2007, with an Intel Core 2 Duo.  And now that I want to try installing Windows XP or Windows 7 on it to see how robust it is running Windows, with Boot Camp Assistant, it tried to "download files needed" but it always says "The Windows Support Software is not available"

without any further info. This Macbook is running Snow Leopard already. Is there a way to complete the process of installing Windows 7 using Boot Camp?


texts: How to forget Time Machine password from keychain

texts: When attaching a Time Machine, I am asked if I want to remember the password in the keychain. If I do that, how can I "forget" the password?


texts: HDTV only detected when turned off (connected via DisplayPort to HDMI)

texts:
I tried to connect my LG HDTV (42" LD650) to my MacBook Pro 13" (mid-2010) using a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. When I plug the cable in, my MacBook's screen flickers every time but the TV is only detected when it is in standby mode. Its status will switch to "No Display Connected" the moment I turn it on.

Here is what System Profiler shows when the TV is in standby mode:

NVIDIA GeForce 320M:

  Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 320M
  Type: GPU
  Bus: PCI
  VRAM (Total): 256 MB
  Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID: 0x08a0
  Revision ID: 0x00a2
  ROM Revision: 3533
  Displays:
Color LCD:
  Resolution: 1280 x 800
  Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Main Display: Yes
  Mirror: Off
  Online: Yes
  Built-In: Yes
LG TV:
  Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 50 Hz
  Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Mirror: Off
  Online: Yes
  Rotation: Supported
  Television: Yes

I tried the TV and HDMI cable using a Windows PC and it worked instantly.

Is my TV somehow incompatible with the MacBook Pro, or is my adapter faulty, or am I doing something wrong?


texts:
For example take this attached picture in your consideration. Here in this case, I want ditto "Music" type icon to replicate for folder type icon.

I have tried CandyBar app. It does change the folder icons but when I add folder which in this case is "Music to the sidebar then it appear like normal folder as shown in the picture, provided that this Music folder come from another partition or drive wherein I have kept my complete music library.


texts: Difference between ~/Library/Application Scripts/ and ~/Library/Scripts

texts: Does the two folders ~/Library/Application Scripts/ and  ~/Library/Scripts have different meanings? I’m considering where to put scripts for OmniFocus.


texts: AirPlay via AppleTV stutters on retina MacBook Pro but not iPhone 4

texts:
I recently got a retina Macbook Pro and I am loving it except for one thing. When I go to System Preferences > Sound > Output and select AirPlay while playing audio, the sound will often just stop or stutter for a period of time from less than a second to 6 or 7 seconds. The music is not just pausing because I can see on iTunes, Spotify, or YouTube that the audio continues to play. Yet on my iPhone 4 when using AirPlay, it never stutters or pauses.

What gives?

I tried switching the wireless channel on my router without luck.


texts: How can I re-download music I bought onto my iPhone?

texts:
I was looking for a song today in my music library that I used to listen to all the time because I noticed it would never come on when I shuffled my music. It wasn't in my music library and I used to be able to go to my settings and there was a setting to show music you've purchased from the iTunes Store but wasn't on your device and I could easily go into my music library and press the little cloud button with an arrow and BAM the music would be on my phone again.

Is there a way to still do that without subscribing to Apple Music?.


texts: Is there a Keyboard shortcut to open a file and the app to be in full screen mode?

texts: I can open an file normally using ⌘ Command↓ . But it opens as a normal unmaximized window. How can I open it in fullscreen?


texts: Restoring old iPhone settings off iCloud with different iOS without iTunes?

texts: I backed up my iPhone 5 on iOS 7.1.3 last night, today I got a new iPhone 5 with iOS 6 on it. When I went to restore from iCloud upon turning on device, it won't let me because all my back ups are on iOS 7, not iOS 6 which new iPhone 5 has factory installed.


texts:
I have activated file sharing for my public folder. I have network connectivity within my private local LAN and Internet Access. My router does not support IPv6.
When someone tries to connect from another mac with my shared folder, the login procedure is incredibly slow. I have tried to use the domain name and the ip-address without success.

Today I have learned about the mac tool smbutil and tried it for my own PC using smbutil view -g //hostname but I took very long and then the procedure failed.
I cannot

find any logs (what does apple do with logs???)
turn on smbd debug level
find any clue to solve the problem in the Internet.

Can someone help me?
g


texts: Late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina + 2 Thunderbolt displays + Apple Cinema Display @2560x1440?

texts:
I saw this answer by griewei here:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/124479/81640

Unfortunately I don't have enough rep to comment.

What I would like to do is something similar e.g.
 - one latest greatest Mac Book Pro Retina
 - 2x Thunderbolt Displays
 - 1 Apple Cinema Display via HDMI adapter etc.

@griewei said he was doing this and it was working; does anyone know if the Apple Cinema display is scaled at 2560 x 1440 in this configuration?

I know it was not possible in Mountain Lion but I heard it was possible in Mavericks

Thanks!


texts: how to change "kind" of files in OSX mavericks?

texts:
I have assigned Text Wrangler as the default app for all my .srt files (right click on one of the files -> get info -> open with Text Wrangler -> change all).

My confusion is that even though I have done this, in Finder some of the (.srt) files show as "Text file" while most show as "TextWrangler document".

I've remove all the .DS_Store files in my volume but still no change.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

In saying that, double-clicking on the .srt files marked as "text file" still opens them in Text Wrangler.

thanks a lot


texts: Raise/lower/move/resize windows with mouse + modifier keys

texts:
I'm a longtime FVWM user over on the Linux side and have developed some keyboard + mouse shortcuts that I find very helpful in managing windows. Specifically:

left click + command + shift = send to back if frontmost, otherwise raise to front
right click + command + shift = maximize window vertically (horizontal size unchanged)
left+right chord + command + shift = grab window and move it
left+right chord + command + control + shift = resize (drag pointer to side or corner and move that to resize)

For all of these, "click" means click anywhere in the window.

Is there Mac software that will let me set this up? I'm on 10.6.

Edit

To clarify, the move/resize operations should begin on mouse-down and end on mouse-up.


texts:
On my Snow Leopard iMac, X11 is broken. I get:

  dyld: Symbol not found: __cg_DGifGetLine Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/ImageIO Expected in: /opt/local/lib/libGIF.dylib in /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/ImageIO

when trying to run an OpenGL executable and http://codepad.org/HzjwS9wh when I try to run X11 directly.

I've reinstalled X11 from the original discs and the same thing happens, so I install XQuartz:

$ echo $DISPLAY
/tmp/launch-XYA2Ul/org.macosforge.xquartz:0

$ launchctl list | grep xquartz
-       0       org.macosforge.xquartz.startx

This fails as well and I get http://codepad.org/NGowe0UR

I update to Mountain Lion, the problem persists, any ideas?


texts: How to enable read receipts for messages in iMessage on Mountain Lion?

texts:
I can't find any way to enable read receipts for messages on Mountain Lion.

Read receipts are the iOS term for acknowledgements that show wether or not a message has been read yet or not.

Does Messages for Mountain Lion support read receipts at all?


texts:
I have this fantastic new Lion server that I've gotten all setup with my user accounts, files, etc. File sharing is up and running, everything. Except for one problem: the users running Linux (we use both Linux and OS X clients) cannot authenticate and access the SMB shares.
All of the users' accounts are setup as network accounts (i.e. in Open Directory not the local user database)

Interestingly enough, if the user account is setup as a local account (not Open Directory) the user can authenticate just fine. And we can't switch away from Open Directory because we use the LDAP authentication for some of our other tools.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to do to get this working? I've been pulling my hair out trying.


texts: How to monitor logins to Screen Sharing and SSH?

texts:
Not trusting anyone, not even my own firewalls and other measures against invasive hackers, I like to be able to monitor any successful login to my OS X systems (e.g. by instantly sending an email to my gmail account).

How do I accomplish this, including logins via Screen Sharing and SSH?

I can see that the secure.log file lists such logins, but how do I monitor them, and filter them for successful logins, in order to issue emails about these events?

User bmike suggested using the tail command on the secure.log file. I found that this command has an option "-F" that is well suited for this task: I keeps reporting added lines to the log file, and even handles log file rotations.

But this is not sufficient for my needs yet. I only want to send out the notifications if an external access (login) occured, not every time a local task is getting authorized.

Here's an excerpt from my secure.log file:

mymac login[26292]: in pam_sm_acct_mgmt(): OpenDirectory - Membership cache TTL set to 1800.
mymac login[26292]: in od_record_check_pwpolicy(): retval: 0
mymac login[26292]: in od_record_attribute_create_cfstring(): returned 3 attributes for dsAttrTypeStandard:AuthenticationAuthority
mymac sudo[26296]:    myname : 3 incorrect password attempts ; TTY=ttys005 ; PWD=/Users/myname ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash
mymac sudo[26301]:    myname : TTY=ttys005 ; PWD=/Users/myname ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash
mymac com.apple.SecurityServer[27]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [133] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [133]
mymac sshd[26308]: Accepted publickey for myname from x.x.x.x port 62433 ssh2
mymac screensharingd[26328]: Authentication: SUCCEEDED :: User Name: John Doe :: Viewer Address: x.x.x.x :: Type: DH

Only the "screensharingd" and "sshd" ones are relevant to me in this example. But there seems to be no clear distinction between these and the other local authorizations. The only common pattern I find is the IP address, but is that fail-safe? I guess to make my script generally useable (by anyone), I'd have to not only detect IPv4 addresses but also IPv6 addresses. And can I be sure that other external types of logins (e.g. file sharing) will also list a IP address in their raw format like this? Not ever using symbolic names that I wouldn't be able to detect with this pattern?

Actually, I also logged in via File Sharing (AFP) - that didn't even get listed in secure.log, oddly! Which means that secure.log is probably not the only or not the central point of learning about authorizations.

I had hoped that there's some central point in OSX that takes care of all username/password authorizations and that this point would also provide some hook for monitoring.

I am afraid my question can't be answered sufficiently in a generic way. I'll go now and ask on Apple's security mailing list. I'll report back.

Background:

My reasoning for this kind of question is that I think that no system is safe from break-in. Therefore, relying on measures to prevent a break-in are not a safe measure alone. Adding (external) notifications about when a login into a system happens is what makes it much better controllable: If someone manages to break in, he'll be detected by this method, and so the system is then known not to be trusted any more and will be dealt with. Without this kind of monitoring, someone might be able to break in and then modify the system to a point where someone looking later won't be able to tell what happened, assuming the system is still safe.


texts: How can you do two-way Dropbox  local folder syncing on iOS?

texts:
On my iPhone, I sync my camera photos with Dropbox, so that after I do a photo shoot all the photos are automatically uploaded to my laptop in the Dropbox 'Camera Uploads' folder - ready to sort, edit and delete as necessary.

I now need to be able to do two-way syncing with the iPhone, so that when I delete (or even modify) a photo on the computer, it's also deleted (or modified) from the iPhone's camera photos folder accordingly; this way I'm not left with dozens of 'dud' photos that I no longer want on my iPhone, despite having already deleting them on the laptop.

The official Dropbox mobile client doesn't allow two-way syncing, so until they introduce such a feature, this can only be possible via a third-party dropbox API-using client.

On Android, I could do this with Dropsync, with many features and full sync customization. Is there an equivalent Dropbox solution for this on iOS?

(I am aware of the idea that iCloud may do two-way syncing built-in, (though am not sure), but I'd like to be able to share the Camera Uploads folder with family members on Windows computers (and even linux), and so find Dropbox a much more multi-platform-friendly service to use for the syncing and collaborating, instead of the iCloud ecosystem.)


texts: Is there a log of the times we enter iCloud? Like the timestamp of when we login to our iCloud to use Find My iPhone?


texts: iTunes 12.5.1.21 on Windows 10 Version 1607 cannot detect iPhone 6s and iPod Touch (5th Generation)

texts:
I have an iPhone 6s and iPod Nano 5th generation which I use with a Dell PC (15R 5521) running Windows 10 version 1607 (updated to the latest version).

The latest version of iTunes (12.5.1.21) is installed but it does not detect either of the devices.

I have tried reinstalling iTunes (doesn't work), trying to update drivers for iPhone and iPod (from Device Manager, doesn't do anything).

Any help or suggestions because I'm at a loss.

Thanks!


texts: How to view status of service (e.g. whether it's running) in a format similar to Linux `systemctl` using macOS `launchctl`?

texts:
How to view status of service (e.g. whether it's running) in a format similar to Linux systemctl using macOS launchctl?

I want to view the status of a service in macOS using launchctl in a format similar to Linux systemctl, e.g: systemctl status sshd.service

I attempt this using the below launchctl list commands. It's not obvious whether Apache is running, and I've read that - in the first column in the latter command should mean that the service isn't running.

Any ideas?

Nicolass-MacBook-Pro:Documents nlykkei$ sudo launchctl list org.apache.httpd
{
        "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "System";
        "Label" = "org.apache.httpd";
        "TimeOut" = 30;
        "OnDemand" = false;
        "LastExitStatus" = 0;
        "Program" = "/usr/sbin/httpd-wrapper";
        "ProgramArguments" = (
                "/usr/sbin/httpd-wrapper";
                "-D";
                "FOREGROUND";
        );
};
Nicolass-MacBook-Pro:Documents nlykkei$ sudo launchctl list | grep apache
-       0       org.apache.httpd


texts: Enter digit instead of checkmark in box with Preview

texts: I am using Preview to edit a PDF document. How do enter a digit instead of a tick or a cross (checkmark) in a box using the Preview app on macOS?


texts:
My current OS X install is getting long in the tooth. It's been ported over through multiple OS upgrades and system changes (started with an iMac G4, then a PowerMac G5, and now a iMac i7).

I think it's about time to do a clean install to get rid of all the crap that's been accumulated. Is there a way to do a clean install with exceptions? I'd love to keep my applications and application preferences intact, but pretty much start anew with everything else.

I've got Time Machine backups, and would do a SuperDuper copy to an external drive before starting fresh.


texts: How to install Windows ISO on a single partition of external HD on Mojave?

texts:
What it says on the tin.
BalenaEtcher straight up doesn't offer the option to select individual partitions and UnetBootin... well, straight up will not open. I click, it'll ask if I'm sure I want to open it, and then the icon will pop in and right out of the dock.
Also, what I'm doing this for is to attempt installing Windows 7 on a partition of the boot drive and then upgrade it to 10 from inside the install itself so I can 1. Work with a sub-4GB ISO file which apparently makes software happier and 2. Upgrade from pirated to legit Windows. There very possibly may be flaws with this plan (especially since the Boot Camp drivers in another partition of the drive in question are made for Windows 10) so if there are feel free to let me know.


texts: Is there any way to make the ipad's front camera view angle wider?

texts: Ipad mini front camera viewing angle is so small so if a group of people wants to be in the picture during chat , the ipad mini should be placed meters away. Is there any setting or any app that allow to change or control that? (something like ZOOM out for front camera)


texts:
I am trying to enable dictation with applescript and so far have the following that works.
But, how do I set the drop down for the shortcut key using AppleScript?

Below is the AppleScript code:

tell application "System Preferences"
reveal pane id "com.apple.preference.speech"

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        tell window "Dictation & Speech"
            tell tab group 1
                click radio button "Dictation"
                tell radio group 1
                    if value of radio button "On" is 0 then
                        click radio button "On"

                    end if
                end tell
            end tell
            if sheet 1 exists then
                tell sheet 1
                    click button "Enable Dictation"
                    repeat while sheet 1 exists
                    end repeat
                end tell
            end if
        end tell
    end tell
end tell
quit -- optional
end tell


texts: Appending the Parent folder Names to the Image File Names in Automator

texts:
I have this file structure. I wanted to use the image filename appended with the parent folder names.

Before:

├── ak
│   ├── adak
│   │   ├── Hello\ World456
│   │   ├── cup-printing
│   │   │   └── Tshirt-printing.jpg
│   │   ├── hello-\ world789
│   │   ├── hello-world79
│   │   └── tshirt\ printing
│   │       └── Tshirt-printing.jpg
│   ├── akhiok
│   │   ├── Hello\ World456
│   │   ├── cup-printing
│   │   │   └── Tshirt-printing.jpg
│   │   ├── hello-\ world789
│   │   ├── hello-world79
│   │   └── tshirt\ printing
│   │       └── Tshirt-printing.jpg

Here parent folder names are ak, adak.

Ak= state name
Adak = city name.

After it should be like this..

After:

├── ak
│   ├── adak
│   │   ├── Hello\ World456
│   │   ├── cup-printing
│   │   │   └── Tshirt-printing-adak-ak.jpg
│   │   ├── hello-\ world789
│   │   ├── hello-world79
│   │   └── tshirt\ printing
│   │       └── Tshirt-printing-adak-ak.jpg
│   ├── akhiok
│   │   ├── Hello\ World456
│   │   ├── cup-printing
│   │   │   └── Tshirt-printing-akhiok-ak.jpg
│   │   ├── hello-\ world789
│   │   ├── hello-world79
│   │   └── tshirt\ printing
│   │       └── Tshirt-printing-akhiok-ak.jpg

Bash command can help over here?

In the Automator,

I'm stuck at the finding the all the images of the file name having "tshirt" So I need to find the change the file name to their parent folder.


texts: How to grant web app access to restricted file?

texts:
I am running a Tomcat server via Eclipse.

I have a restricted file that contains information the web application running on Tomcat needs to perform its duties.

I understand how to grant/deny access to regular users, but how to for this web app?

Info:

Macbook Pro 10.7.5 (Lion)
Tomcat 7
Eclipse


texts: Create Wireless Bridge Connection Between Modem & WNDR3700 Router

texts:
My ADSL modem is in one room and my Computer (Mac) and Router is in the other. I'd like  the Router to connect to the Modem wirelessly to access Internet.

I've enabled Bridging in the Modem and I'm able to connect to the internet via an ethernet cable after setting up a PPPoE connection (with ISP settings) and connecting directly to my Mac. However, when I try and unplug the cable and even after entering the Internet access settings (username and password) in the Router I'm unable to connect to the Internet wirelessly.

Im using a Netgear WNDR3700 Router and a Technicolor TG582n Modem. My Mac is running OS X Mavericks.

I'm not sure where I'm going wrong!


texts:
Is there a way to send the current used application to a specific Space?

For example, I work in Space 1; I double-click on a document and an application starts to open this document. Is there a quick way to send this application to Space 2?


texts: How do I download photos from Picasa to the iPod Photo Library for offline viewing?

texts:
I do not have Internet where I stay, so I want to download all of my photos in my Picasa album to my 32GB iPod for offline viewing.

How would I do that?


texts: Add Chrome to dock with parameters via Automator with chrome icon

texts:
I need to have started Chrome without the build in Flash

via console you add the Parameters

--disable-internal-flash

which works fine, now i would like to have a Dock Icon which passes this parameter along

I have an Automator.app which encapsules the start up, but how du i get it somehow automatically to the dock.


texts: Issues with routine tasks when connecting Iphone to Windows 10 via USB

texts:
So lately I started connecting my iphone 8 to my windows 10 computer on a regular basis. I'm experiencing the following issues:

I'm repeatedly asked "Allow the computer to access photos and videos?", every time I connect.
When ITunes is open I am required to confirm I trust the device every time (and provide pincode).
Trying to tether/hotspot via USB. It doesn't work (found answer here, but seems relevant to the context a flaky windows-iphone connection).

Any suggestions?


texts: What maximum OpenGL context do the Macbook Pro's support on Bootcamp Windows

texts:
I'm Looking to get MacBook Pro. Is there a max OpenGL context?
I understand that on OS X it is 4.1, does this change when booting in Windows, and is this diferrent or the same for the three models?

Models 2015:
13 inch integrated,
15 inch integrated,
15 inch with amd graphics.


texts:
My home directory location is set to /Users, so whole /Users folder. I know that each user normally has their own folder in the /Users folder, but would it be ok if I'm using my MacBook alone?

Also, is there any problem if my account name and the home folder name are not same?


texts: I want to use an iPhone5 S bought in the US in India

texts:
I bought an iPhone 5S from the US. It is unlocked. In India I am unable to use it with the local (Indian) service provider. When I insert a nano sim card, I am getting an error msg: "activation required".

Please explain how I could use it with local GSM service provider.


texts: How can I open a Terminal window directly from my current Terminal location?

texts:
Related to How can I open a Terminal window directly from my current Finder location?, I would like to have a terminal window open in one location, and open another one.

E.g. under Linux, I could be in ~/foo/bar/files/ in one terminal window, and type Ctrl-Shift-N and a new window would open at that same location.

In Mac OS X, I can only do ⌘N which opens a new terminal in my home directory. Is there any way to open the new terminal in the current directory?


texts: How to log system activity the whole day

texts:
How can I log my Macs system activity the whole day (on OS X Mavericks)? E.g. memory and CPU usage?

Update

I tried OsTrack, but it crashes all the time.


texts: Why isn't my iPod touch's calendar showing up in iCloud?

texts: I have enabled iCloud for my iPod touch and enabled Calendar sync, but my calendar events aren't showing up in iCloud when I login, even after I've manually backed it up to iCloud. What's the problem?


texts: What are some best practices for a family sharing a single Apple ID?

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My family shares an apple ID, and I can't chose whose contacts I want to sync with when I set up Icloud. For example, I own a Mac and an iPhone. I want my content to only be synced between MY Mac and MY iPhone. Instead, everything including my contacts gets jumbled and duplicated together with my parents' pc and my families' iPhones. Because of this, I have three different instances of my sister in my contact book. My moms version my version and my other sisters version.

Does anyone have advice on how we should go about organizing out content and apple ID?


texts: Yet another headphone stuck in retina macbook pro question

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as the title states, my headphone jack is useless because a headphone cable broke off in the jack. I can't get audio through the speakers because the computer thinks there're headphones plugged in. I had read and thought that I couldn't redirect audio because it was a hardware issue. But, when I installed Windows 7 through bootcamp, I was getting audio through the speakers. So, I know now that it isn't a hardware issue, but a software issue in OSX.

If one were to solve this via software (hack, script, etc) how do you think one would go about doing this?

Last time I took in my computer to the Apple store to try and get the bit of cable out of the jack, they couldn't and recommended that I use an adhesive.

Thanks for your help

Latest version retina macbook pro 15" (mid or late 2012) running OSX 10.8.4


texts: Remote control of camera between iphone and android?

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I am looking for an app that uses a smartphone to remotely control another smartphone's camera allowing me to see the perspective and zoom. It is technically possible. In fact I have found two apps, auto cam for itune and another camera app for android, to achieve it. The links are as below. Sorry I cannot find information in English. The link is in Chinese.

The problem is that it connects two iphones or two androids, but I need to connect between an iphone and an android. Does anyone know such a app?

Thank you!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.cloud95.android.cameraremoter&hl=zh_TW

http://phone97.com/?p=5352


texts: How to disable auto preview for *.doc *.docx in finder?

texts: In finder, when I set the view mode as columns(cmd+3), finder will auto preview the file.But when I select doc/docx file the finder will be very slow even I cann't do anything for a while.How can I disable auto preview for doc/docx? Thx


texts: Google Chrome closing tabs instead of quiting application

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When I click the close button on Google Chrome, it closes all tabs instead of exiting and remembering the open tabs on next launch. Any way to fix this ?

I expect the X button to close the app.
I can only do that if I select quit (from menu or by keyboard shortcut).


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For my application purpose, I want to get the user information from Active Directory. Especially I want to get current user SID and user account domain SID. Can anyone tell me some way to get this user information?

PS: Any approach is highly preferable (e.g. by running terminal commands or getting the user information from Objective C code).


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Any software to draw "Rich Pictures" diagrams of Information Systems Analysis?
I searched for a stencil for OmniGraffle but didn't find anything.


texts: Transpose not in list of Commands in customize Ribbon and Toolbar in Excel

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I want to add the Transpose button to the Quick Access Toolbar but I can't find it in the list of Commands.   Is it there?
I'm on Excel version 16.38


texts: I am trying to find a drawing app for iPad, and I came across this one being used to teach courses. Can anyone help identify the app?


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Preface: this is an iPod Touch 2nd Gen on iOS 4.2.1 and I am on iPhoto 11 on a MacMini from 2006 operating Snow Leopard. This iTouch was synched with an iMac I used to have which contained all of the original music, photos, contacts, etc.

I have successfully been able to grab my music off of my iTouch, I've also been able to successfully move all of my contacts, mail, etc. But one thing I seem to be having an issue with is the Photos on the device.

Photo Library says I have 388 photos. But when i connect to my mac and launch iPhoto, it says I only have 67, and all of these happen to be screenshots taken with the device.
I'm eager to erase and re-sync, but I dont want to loose the images on this device.

ps: Dropbox ALSO only detects 67 photos.
pss: Image Capture also only shows 67 photos. All from the "Saved Images" album. No other albums.

What's going on? How can I get my Photo Library on the device safely to my Mac, I dont care if its synch from or ripped out of.

Also, it's not jailbroken.


texts: Is it possible to create a custom keyboard and upload it to the App store?

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I am working with someone who teaches an endangered language, of interest to a fairly small group. Many of the people in that group use only phones, and don’t have laptops. The language has a lot of special characters to represent the sounds of the language — that is, it has its own alphabet — but some of those characters are not available in any of the standard languages available by default on OSX.

Is it possible to design a custom keyboard and define which keys will input which character?
If so, is it possible to upload such a keyboard to the app store to make it available to people (he wants to make it free)?


texts: Does the iPod first generation have emojis?

texts: Okay so I asked this before well not exactly but can you get emoji's and the first gen iPod? I have and iPod 4 and an a iPhone 6 and they have emoji's but now I am buying the first and need to know. Thanks!


texts: iTunes tells me that I have no storage space on my phone.  It is the music that is taking up space.  But I only have 145 songs on the phone that I have selected (3 playlists).  The phone says that there are 600 songs.  How do I get only the extra space back from the music I don't want on the phone.


texts: I can not visit localhost with apache on OS X 10.9

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The Chrome alert me

  Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost

But my apache still running:

  501 80299 71841   0  2:35PM ttys003    0:00.00 grep httpd

I paste some piece of important apache configuration , please help me. Thanks.

http.conf

ServerRoot "/usr" Listen 80

ServerAdmin you@example.com

DocumentRoot "/Users/username/Sites"

<Directory />   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all </Directory>

<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Actually I don't know what file I need to show you.

If you need more configuration file detail, please tell me. I will paste later.


texts: How do I take a Screenshot of the new "Touch Bar" on the newer Macs?

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I am using Safari on the MacBook Pro, and had about 100 tabs open. As a result the Touch Bar lit up with lots of tiny images of the pages I opened.

I wanted to show someone how the Touch Bar had changed, but didn't want to take out my phone and take a picture of it.

Is there any way to do this?