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My visible Disk Usage minus free space is out by 123GB.

Clarification: Externally booted disk repair show no errors. Permissions have been fixed. Time Machine has had local off with:
   sudo tmutil disablelocal

UPDATE: Free space seems to be rapidly jumping around. 40GB then 10, then 5 then 30GB, minute to minute. Directory listings are consistent, only the hidden space varies to correlate with the free space. DriveDX shows drive is healthy. Note in DaisyDisk reads: "Unfortunately Daisy Disk is unable to locate these data. They are not available to users." as per attached image. In the time it's taken me to write this revision, free space started at 5GB, jump to 40, and is presently 18GB.

Using

root# du -x -sk /*

The results add up to about 325GB of my 500GB SSD, yet OS shows only ~40GB available.

Disk Inventory X show this missing space as: "Space occupied by other files and folders" 123.1GB) and reports it separately from the free space...

At one point I moved a 60GB folder off the system (to get running again) and after a restart only had 30GB free.

I can't even tell if it's swap space (though that should be in /private/var/vm) or Time Machine snapshots (but they're supposed to be in /.MobileBackups)

Daisy Disk reports the space as hidden, that's not helping me so far.

OS X 10.10.3, SSD 500.


texts:
How do I unlock someone's iPhone 6 without providing the owner's Apple ID and password?
I can not contact the owner to find out the Apple ID and password.


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As the title says, I'm looking at apps I've moved to the second screen, and wondering if I can remove these. These are the iOS apps that came with a fresh install, so no simple delete option. It would help free up some memory, as I'd never use these.

(for what it's worth, it will be a business phone, used only for the business. I have my regular iPhone with all the apps I want.)


texts: Can an iPad work to replace a computer in terms of photo management?

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Our Mac is broken and we are contemplating not replacing it. One need we can't see a solution is replacing an iPhoto library with many 10 G of photos. Obviously we'd need to go for the 64 GB iPad if we wanted lots of pictures.

Most of our pictures are in the 5 megapixel range (JPG between 2 and 4.5 MB each) and we expect to have between 5 and 10 thousand pictures to start.

Can I just move an entire iPhoto library to an iPad? I'm looking for experience people have had managing a non-trivial amount of photos entirely from iOS. Obviously, we may need to still get a compute, but I wondered how "PC free" we might be able to be at this point in iOS and with apps that are available in late 2012.


texts: How do I get back the latest version of Safari on Mac os el Capitan?

texts: Not sure why but upon reinstalling El Capitan the Safari version went back to 9.1.2 and my time machine backup has version 11 something on it.   I tried using time machine to get back the newest version but time machine wont let me update it.  Any help would be appreciated how to put back my Safari.


texts: 2018 MacBook Pro (w/ Touch Bar): Are all 4 thunderbolt/USB-C ports capable of supporting a monitor?

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I have a fairly new 2018 13" Macbook Pro w/ touchbar. Only the two USB-C ports which are closest to the corners seem to support an external monitor. Is this expected behavior?

To clarify, there are 4 total USB-C ports (2 on the left and 2 on the right). The two which work at the closest to the "esc" key and the fingerprint sensor.


texts: Can an iPhone redirect a call to another iPhone? For example, if I receive a call on my iPhone from one party, can I tranfer that call to let's say a coworker that uses an iPhone?


texts: Simple app for taking/storing photos on a server

texts:
I am looking for a dead-simple app to take photos (either with the camera, or from the library) and store them onto a server via WiFi.  This is for taking photos of whiteboards at work.  I really want the app to be dead-simple, automatically storing a photo to the server would be great.

I don't really care what protocol it uses to communicate with the server, but it would be great if it were not a proprietary Apple protocol, so that I could use an existing Linux file server.

Does such a thing exist?


texts: Under Lion, unable to log in with DisplayLink drivers installed

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I have a mid-2009 MBP 15", and I recently upgraded to lion.

I also have DisplayLink hardware which worked fine under SnowLeopard.

With Lion, as per http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1059, I am unable to log in, ever, once I install the DisplayLink drivers -- even if I have none of the DL hardware plugged in. I had to reinstall Lion to recover.

The forum thread suggests turning off 'automatic graphics switching' as a workaround.

I could flip that setting and then install the drivers and reboot again. If it doesn't work, however, it's another Lion install, which is quite time-consuming. Is there some mechanism I am missing that would allow me to recover my system more rapidly if the workaround is unhelpful?


texts:
I followed this tutorial to set up a proxy using an AWS instance. I was able to do so, and upon running this command:

ssh -L 3128:localhost:8888 -i /path/to/yourkey.pem ubuntu@xxx.xxx.xxxx

I am able to connect to the instance. However, my mac still doesn't use this machine as a proxy (checked this from my IP, it was still the same as before using a proxy).

I have checked Auto Proxy Discovery in the Proxy Settings on my mac, but that still didn't help. Any help resolving this would be highly appreciated.


texts: messages I send from my iphone 4 are showing as "sent as text message" I've read all the responses but no one mentions if my messages are actually being received. How can I tell if receipient is actually recieving my message?


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Is there a way to run a program on OS X (e.g., from the command line) but without letting it see the network?

I can turn off and disconnect all networking, but then all my other processes will be disconnected, too.  I'd like to keep my email, web browser, etc., able to use the network, but this one program isolated.

EDIT: I found this question which is similar, but it uses a static route when the destination host is known.  I want to disable networking for all possible hosts, for this one process.


texts: How do I hide rulers on startup for Pages?

texts: I can press Command-R to easily hide the ruler, but is there a way to make this behavior consistent every time I start up Pages?


texts: How can I correct the wrong icon for a website bookmark?

texts:
In Safari, the icon of Reddit is displayed as the icon of StackOverflow. How can I correct it? Things I have already tried are:

Deleting the bookmark, and re-adding it
Using Command+R to refresh the website (reddit)

Software Environment:

macOS Catalina 10.15.1
Safari 13.0.3


texts: iPhone 5 won't turn on after screen repair

texts:
A couple of months ago, my iPhone 5 started to have lines on the screen. A common thing that some people do to diagnose that problem is to open the phone and disconnect the connectors to the screen, clean them a bit, and then put them back.

I tried to do it, but once the screen was back in place and I replugged the battery (because I unpluged it for safety reasons when I removed the screen), the iPhone wouldn't turn on.

I've tried the same procedure a couple of times but it still won't turn on.

It's been 3 months now. Can anyone help me?


texts:
I have a UK account but have relocated to Australia.
I'm trying desperately to change my account details but the system won't let me as I have £10 credit on my UK account.

I don't mind losing the £10 I just want to change my details to my new Oz details.

Anyone know how?
Also, is possible to credit the £10 to my Oz account as that would be fantastic.


texts: How do I get the white star back in top site in Safari 6.0 in Mountain Lion?

texts: The white does not appear in top sites in safari 6.0 in Mountain Lion.


texts: Does Touch ID work differently between Apple Pay and iPhone unlock?

texts:
I'm only asking this out of curiosity. I've noticed that when I use my Touch ID to pay with iPhone, or to unlock an app, it's much quicker and it always works. However, while unlocking the iPhone, sometimes I need to put my thumb 2 or 3 times till  it unlocks. I noticed this happening with different iPhone models too.

Is there any explanation for this? May I just be wrong?


texts: Is it at all possible to change the time for saving drafts in Apple Mail. I use MobileMe and whenever I send a mail, the draft is not automatically deleted. I don't want to switch off saving of drafts, but would like to increase the time between saves, since I don't need to save drafts for short emails.


texts: How can I turn off quick look on MacOS Catalina?

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On Mac if you select a file and press the space bar on your keyboard, you can see a quick look of the file.
Is there any way to disable this feature on Mac?
Is there a terminal command or a system tool that can disable Quick-Look on Mac?


texts: Unable to link Apple ID with User Account in Lion 10.7.3

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I'm desperately trying to link my user account with my Apple ID. After entering my ID and password a yellow warning sign appears in System Preferences beside the Set Apple ID button and the console shows the following error message:

2/8/12 10:07:02.936 PM System Preferences: _CSAddAppleIDAccountUsingCompletionBlock failed with -100

Any hints for me?


texts: Catalina import Library.xml into music app?

texts:
I have two itunes libraries. One is on Catalina and has a bunch of music. One is on Windows and has a bunch of different music. On the Windows machine I exported the Library xml file and copied the whole iTunes folder to my usb disk. I then went to the mac and opened the Library.xml file in a text editor and fixed up the paths to point to the correct location (e.g. file:///Volumes/120GB SSD/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Music/...) and then when I go into Music and import the Library.xml file, nothing happens.... no feedback on screen, no error messages, no items appearing in my library. I had console up to look at the logs but not really sure what I am looking for and nothing notable appeared. Music doesn't seem to even try to deal with importing.

How can I copy my whole iTunes library from windows into my EXISTING mac library?


texts: Navigating the Excel Insert dialog with the keyboard

texts:
When presented with the Insert dialog:

I have been unable to find any way to navigate the selections with just the keyboard.  Is there any way to do this?


texts: How to get git update-index working with macOS?

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I installed git with brew install git

Now I want to use the update-index parameter, but that doesn't work because git-update-index is not installed.

How can I install this via Homebrew or another way for macOS?

EDIT

I am running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 with git version 2.18.0 (both currently at the time of this writing).

$ type -a git
git is /usr/local/bin/git
git is /usr/bin/git

I'll check that tomorrow on work, because with my home-mac it works the correct way.


texts: I am looking for the exe files for BootCamp drivers for Windows 10. I installed Windows 10 on my Mac 4 months ago using the ISO and BootCamp assistant but then I reinstalled it directly on the partition which made the BootCamp drivers go away, and now some things (such as right click and two finger touchpad scrolling) don't work. I want to get the drivers without having to reinstall Windows (at the beginning Mac gives you the BootCamp installation files as an exe but I can't find them anywhere online.)


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I am visiting Canada (Vancouver, BC) this coming week from the UK and have an unlocked iPhone 4 (bought SIM-free from Apple).

What are the best options for buying a pre-paid SIM that will give me some data (around 500Mb) whilst I'm away?

I already had a SIM cutting tool to make micro-SIM cards from standard SIM cards.

Jack


texts: I updated my iPhone 5s to iOS 7 using restore install. This cleared the iPhone and then started a restore from iCloud. However, sometime during the restore stalled and did not complete. (In the iCloud settings panel it says "You cannot delete you iCloud account because your phone is being restored.) However, when I leave my phone plugged in overnight the restore process doesn't continue. Is there any way to restart the restore process?


texts: Why do iTunes and iPhone not show the same space used?

texts:
Unlike this previous question, it's not related to iTunes Match (haven't ever had it on).

[][3]

Why is there such a discrepancy?


texts: Will updating my iPad to iOS 5 cause me to lose media? (the answer is YES)

texts:
I need help with understanding what will happen with all the content if I'll agree to iPad's request (which I see every time I connect it to the computer) to update the iOS from 4.3.5 to 5.0.1. Every time I make an attempt to start that process, I interrupt it scared with all those warnings that all the apps and content will be removed. It suggests to synch, but when I'm starting the synch process — it looks like synch works only one way: from Mac to iPad, not the other way around. It frankly drives me crazy.

I do have Apps which I bought directly to the iPad; books which I uploaded as epub or pdf files from various locations on my hard drive into the iPad, avi or mkv videos converted to m4v and drag-and-dropped into iTunes, etc. Nothing is kept in the iTunes Library.

I don't understand what is the suggested procedure to upgrade the iPad software without losing all my apps and media files.

Could someone, please, explain what to do to make this upgrade the way it won't remove my files and apps?

Here are screenshots of warnings I see and don't get what should be done about it:

I clicked the Update button:

It says there are items that should be transfered to iTunes Library, but does not say how.
Drag-and-drop in iTunes from iPad to the Library doesn't do a thing.

Next screen (assuming it'll offer me to do the transfer) is:

It says "Updating to iOs 5.0.1 will delete..." basically everything, and suggests to apply this update on the computer where I synch apps, etc. I am on my only computer now. I don't synch, because I don't understand what synch does, except the warnings that it will remove everything from the iPad. I don't want to "synch" empty Library with lots of content on the iPad by removing this content.

When I'm attempting to synch the apps, it shows:

Not all of the apps were bought sitting behind this computer. Some were bought directly into the iPad, while it wasn't connected to any computer. Some were bought with my previous Windows computer which I don't have access anymore.

When I'm trying to synch books, it talks about removing "songs":

I found an application which was supposed to copy books from the iPad, but it turned to be so buggy, and copied not all the files, randomly skipping some.

So, the big question is: how can I back up my iPad completely, so I can restore everything after the iOS update?


texts: Safari not prompting for basic authentication

texts:
Our website provides hyperlinks to third-party software which requests basic authentication.  Previously a user would click the link, they would be taken to the new URL, and an authentication prompt would be shown.  On the recent update Safari no longer prompts for authentication, and users are given a 401 Unauthorised error immediately.  If you reload the page, it will prompt.  Pasting the URL directly into the address bar works correctly.

This is not due to caching or cookies.  I can confirm it was working fine in macOS Safari 11.0.1 and is broken in 11.0.2.  Chrome does not exhibit this behaviour.  I have also confirmed the same issue affecting iOS Safari, but I have not isolated versions.

Loading a test page from my local HDD does not give the same problem, but when hosted via IIS (on our web server or on my development machine) it fails every time.  An example page is hosted here:

https://go.itelescope.net/auth_test.html

It links to a test authentication server here (this test server does not display a 401 error, but it still should show the authentication dialog):

http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/passwd

Has anyone seen this before, or found a solution?  I'm also reporting this to Apple but since I'm not an Apple Developer I expect it to get lost in the noise.

Update

A user on the Apple Communities forum post I made has said this is a design decision by Apple, but I have yet to get any more information (or confirmation) on this.  However the evidence seems to corroborate his information: the error only occurs when linking from an HTTPS site to an HTTP site.

StackExchange is hosted securely, so linking to the secure site works:
https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/passwd
While the non-secure does not:
http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/passwd

I have also reported this via the Apple Bug Reporter tool.  My first report has mysteriously disappeared.  I have re-logged, but have also heard many accounts of bug reports never being responded to.  If anyone here has a reliable reference that this is an intentional change, that would be great.  Otherwise I still consider it a bug.


texts: OSX Unmount usb disk drive from Automator bash script

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I have a task in automator to make my backup, it runs shell script code, lot of code is working well but the unmount command doesn't works, I don't get unmount the unit after backup.

I checked to run my command successfully from terminal, It unmounts my drive well, all fine, but when It runs from my bash script in automator It doesn't unmounts the unit, no errors, it runs well, but it doesn't unmount. :(

My command used is:
sudo diskutil unmountDisk disk3;

I have try with and without sudo, and I have the same problem.

I have tried diskutil eject command and same thing, it unmounts the unit typing it at hand from terminal, but from my automator shell script code it doesn't.

Any idea is very welcome.


texts:
I have created a user for my roommate on my mac.  I gave her restricted access using Parental Controls.  However, now I am testing out this user, I notice "Prevent the Dock from being modified" under the Apps tab of Parental Controls is checked and grayed out.  I've been looking for a way to uncheck the box, but I think it might be an option that is fixed after you pick it when creating the user.

Does anyone know about this?


texts: Restore Mac Office from TIme Machine Backup

texts:
I purchased a Mac Office license through my college, and I recently backed up and restored my Mac using Time Machine. I did not RESTORE from the Time Machine backup as a whole, but rather hand-picked files and directories. I am not willing to do a FULL restore, as I would end up with the same problems that caused me to reformat in the first place.

I've been dicked around by Microsoft, and they cannot help me. "You have not paid enough for the license ($40 through my college) so you must contact them for support. Can I do anything else for you?"

Problem is, my college does not keep copies of the keys. I don't know if their partner agreement even allows them to. It'd be a liability.

How can I pry the key from the time machine backup? Can I copy a few directories back and get it to work? Copying "Microsoft Office" in the "Applications" folder will not work.

It is going from the backup directly onto the same physical machine. Any hardware locks will validate.


texts: Old MacBook Air 3rd party SSD visibility is temperature dependent

texts:
1st gen MacBook Air.. I replaced the failing internal HD with an 3rd party SSD (wasn't hard, but replacing the fan which was also broken was much trickier - pro tip: don't try using a 00 screwdriver on 000 screws). [will update this question with SSD make+model asap]

Problem: SSD visible on boot only sometimes, and oddly enough, only when the Mac is cold from being carried around outside (where its below 0 C right now). Also, when the Mac is initially cold enough to make SSD visible, it is usable, and can even booted from, even as the Mac is subjected to higher temperatures, until shutdown or sleep.

A little more history: When first connecting drive, didn't seem to work, but after several disconnections & reconnections during process of replacing the fan (took a few tries since at first I first didn't have correct screwdriver, see pro tip above), SSD suddenly appeared on boot. I used it for about a day, after which I had to disconnect & reconnect again (to finish installing fan since I finally got the correct screwdriver) which made it disappear again. I tried reseating connections several times, then finally gave up for the time being & closed up the case, resigned to use my external HD exclusively. Only a few weeks later did the temperature outside drop allowing me to notice its temperature-dependant, semi-working state.

Question: has anyone ever seen such behaviour? Is it likely to really just be a matter of reopening case and reseating connections even though my repeated attempts at this have failed? (doing it wrong maybe?) Or might there be something trickier I should try?


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On a new Macbook Pro, I installed apache2 with homebrew, but now want to switch back to native apache2 server.

I removed the homebrew package with:

brew uninstall apache2

I also removed any homebrew launch links from these directories:

ls /Library/LaunchAgents/ /Library/LaunchDaemons/ ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
/Library/LaunchAgents/:
com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/:
com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist
com.teamviewer.Helper.plist
com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist
/Users/jd/Library/LaunchAgents/:
com.google.keystone.agent.plist com.jetbrains.toolbox.plist

But even after reboot, I believe Homebrew apache is still running:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl
Password:
httpd: Syntax error on line 67 of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Cannot load lib/httpd/modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so into server: dlopen(/Users/jd/projects/lib/httpd/modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so, 10): image not found

This module is referenced from /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf, which I believe is homebrew. Instead the configuration I want apache to use is in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf


texts:
I have a 16 GB iPhone 6s. Just 7 days ago I restored as new because my phone keeps taking up all my storage. When I restored, I had 4 GB available, 5 days went passed and I was forced to restore again because I had no space. I didn't even download a single thing.

3 days ago I restored as new, again. I had 3.9 GB available. Yesterday and this morning I had 1.32 GB available, now I have 600 MB available. This has been a problem since my iPhone 5c on iOS 7.

I've done numerous restoring from backups and as new. I haven't downloaded any apps and in storage usage settings, it doesn't add up to what is being used. I've called Apple and all they say is do a restore even though I've done it many times.

If I delete an app, my phone will take up the space within a day. It got so bad I couldn't send texts because my phone would "forget" them. iTunes says I have more storage than I actually do. I've used 3rd party cleaning software such as PhoneClean. It freed up some but not all.

Here is a picture of the Storage section on Preferences after a recent restore:

It looks ok now but available space will slowly go down after a couple of days.


texts: Is there a way to stop macos from changing audio input when new device connects?

texts:
As in the subject, I've searched for the answer to this online already, but found nothing. I am advanced user myself, but have not found any way to do this.
The gist - I have my preferred audio input device, which is a USB microphone. I also do have my preferred audio output device, which is wireless headphones. These headphones also have built-in mic. The issue is that whenever I connect my headphones (turn them on -> automatic connection via bluetooth), the audio devices on my mac automatically change. I am fine with automatic switching of audio output device, but audio input is annoying one is 100% of time after turning on my wireless headphones I need to open sound preferences and change input device to USB microphone. From what I observed, this happens for any new input device that connects to macos.
The question: Is there any way to disable automatic switching of audio input device whenever new one connects?
PS: I have seen these Qs, but there is no acceptable answer:

Set audio input/ouput device priority
Stop Automatically Switching to Bluetooth Audio


texts: How do I set the on-screen zoom level in OS X TextEdit?

texts: I want to set the zoom level in TextEdit to a precise value so that the on-screen display has the same size as the printout. The "Zoom in" and "Zoom out" controls are too coarse for this.


texts: Did Apple kill iCloud Keychain wifi password sync?

texts:
Wi-Fi passwords used to sync between my devices via iCloud Keychain, a wifi password entered on my MacBook would end up on my phone via the 4G connection, and the phone would automatically connect, handy.

As of the last update this doesn’t happen, now I have to bring my phone next to my laptop and tap the share notification to pass it over Bluetooth to get the phone to connect, it’s slow, and half of the time doesn’t work.

Did Apple really scrap the iCloud sync solution to force everyone to use the Bluetooth one that is way more suited for sharing with friends rather than between my own devices?


texts: Print an individual email that is part of a conversation

texts: Mail.app Version 8.2 (2104), OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.  I have a message in my inbox which I would like to print, but Mail associates it with a conversation in another mailbox and the print preview shows the entire conversation.  How do I print just the message in my inbox?


texts: How to install java.pkg (not unarchiver)

texts:
When I try to launch MC it says I have to have the latest java (OSX Yosemite)
this is the day after I updated.

So I download it, open the dmg and then to find out that it is not a jar launcher file (btw I know where it is located and how to use jar launcher). It is a .pkg that opens with the unarchiver.

I have read a previous post where it says that you need to launch it with jar launcer... I tried that, but it was a fail.

It said it can't be opened with jar launcher and then I get a console error message. So if anyone has a solution any help would be nice.


texts: How to create a service (shown in the context menu on the URL) in Safari?

texts:
I want to create a service which will be shown in the context menu when I right-click on any link in the Safari (need get the URL into the service).

This is my current contextual services menu on the right-click to any Safari link, eg. want add the my service to this menu.

Any suggestion?

EDIT

For the simplicity, I want:

create a service (by the Automator or by any other way)
let say the service name should be: "Save URL"
the "Save URL" service should appear in the Services context menu when I right-click on any link in Safari
The real workflow of the service isn't the matter. Just want to know how to create a service which will appear in the context menu.
but, if you want - for the simplicity let's say - the service should do only one simple thing: open a new TextEdit document and add the URL of the given (right-clicked) link into it.

I tried to create an Automator Service, but the saved service doesn't show up in the menu.


texts: What prevents export of a private key from Mavericks keychain?

texts:
In Mac OS X Mavericks, I'm not able to export a private key from keychain. I'm getting the following error message:
 /* In dark wake, no UI possible */

Searching it in Apple documentation fetched the following details:

value: -25320

Description: The user interface could not be displayed because the system is in a dark wake state. Available in OS X v10.7 and later.

Can someone please suggest a solution or the cause of problem?


texts: Enable a CRL endpoint for my CA in Keychain Access

texts: I have a Certificate Authority and I'd like to configure CRL. Is there a way to do this in Keychain Access? (I am running OS X Server).


texts:
My phone was replaced yesterday, and I've since been trying to restore it from the backup I made just before it was replaced.

I have no greyed out apps, and all my photos are back, but it says I can't install the newest iOS update or make a backup to iCloud because it's still restoring from the iCloud backup.

I've turned it off and on again, turned wifi off and on again, put it in Airplane mode and switched that off, and also tried resetting it.  It's asked me for my Apple account password a few times but then I haven't seen anything change after I've entered it, and there's no spinning wheel in the top header bar to show that anything is downloading.

Any ideas as to what else I can do to try and resolve this please?


texts: Is iPhone activation locked if Find My iPhone is disabled?

texts:
I have an iPhone 5c and before I hard resetted it I turned off Find My iPhone.

I'm at the setup screen I don't have a SIM card for it yet. The phone asks me for my language, country, WiFi, then tells me to insert a SIM. Is it going to tell me I need the previous AppleID and password after I get the SIM card and insert it?


texts: Im trying to run a webserver in iMac but it doesn't work in port 800

texts: Im trying to run a local web server Mongoose on mac, its default settings is listening on port 8080,I want to change it to 800 but it doesn't run mongoose once I changed it to 800. What seems to be the problem?


texts:
I'm completely new to the Mac and I have a whole lot of problems with the shortcuts etc.

Is it possible to remap the keys to match my windows expirience? For example I'd like to have CTRL+C, CTRL+V as Copy & Paste.


texts:
I am using Google Calendar and I would like to sync it with my iPhone. Usually, the best way to do this is via setting up a CalDAV account which I've been successfully doing for a while.

However, recently, the syncing has ceased to work. So have I subsequently deleted and re-added the account to my iPhone, but I keep on getting an error message, that the CalDAV account cannot be verified.

Does anybody have any suggestions what I can do about this? I'm absolutely certain the all the data I enter is correct.


texts: Lion kills application behind the scene, how to put application on a do not kill list?

texts:
I am encountering an irritating feature of Lion.

Say I spend 30 minutes in XCode, then I go to iChat to talk to my girlfriend for 5 minutes, then I switch to Safari to check StackExchange, gmail, and whatever else I might want to check.

Then I switch to Safari where I run another set of pages. For 5 or 10 seconds, the app resumes with beachball. This is annoying as hell (switch appnames around, they behave the same).

How can I prevent this from happening at all (unlikely) or at least mitigate it by making a list of apps that are not allowed to go into silently-killed mode?


texts: Boot camp attempting to boot off wrong MBP internal drive

texts:
I have an early 2011 17-inch MBP running the latest version of Mavericks. The primary drive is a 1TB SSD and I also have a 512GB SSD in the optical bay. BootCamp is installed on a partition on the primary drive, however when I attempt to boot into BC I get a black screen with a blinking cursor. If I remove the 512GB drive, however, BC launches properly. (Also, in case it makes a difference, the BC partition does not show up in the Startup Disk preference panel but does show up in the EFI list on startup.)

The primary drive shows up as disk1, while the drive in the optical bay shows up as disk0. What I suspect is happening is that the MBP is attempting to boot Windows from disk0, which causes a problem when the 512GB drive is installed. However, I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix this.

Is my theory about what's happening a reasonable one? Is there somewhere in the Mac that the drive assignment for BC is set that I can change? Any help is greatly appreciated...this has been driving me crazy for a while now!


texts: Is there any way to block automatic IOS updates?

texts: I know my personal devices (iPhone / iPad) wont install updates automatically but it is downloading them automatically even with the settings turned off. What can I do to prevent automatic downloads of these updates so I can conserve my data usage?


texts: Creating shortcuts to the same web app from 2 different chrome profiles override each other

texts:
In Chrome, I'm trying to create 2 shortcuts of the same app (mail.google.com) from 2 different profiles.
The problem is that the last shortcut overrides the previous.
In Ubuntu it worked OK - got 2 different mail shortcuts for 2 different profiles.
Any idea how to fix it? Perhaps duplicate and tinker with the shortcut itself? Thanks.
(Perhaps it's a chrome question?)


texts: How fix fonts on external tv look good view?

texts:
i have a little problem with my mac and external tv (LG 4K).

Macbook air 2012 (intel HD 4000)
LG 43UJ6307

i connect macbook with MiniDisplayPort -> DVI -> HDMI (1.4). by default i cannot set resolution to 2560x1440 (max resolut. is fullHD) but i fix it by switchResX app (but this only app can change this resolution more than fHD). when i set resolution to 2k fonts are vert uggly and readble. when i connect my Desktop pc and resolution to same size fonts are pretty and more understandable. (in 2k and 4k).

i was disable in Settings -> General -> Use LCD Smoothing when available

How can i fix it ?

i saw thereis option for HIDPI but there is only two variants
960x540 (HIDPI)
850x450 (HIDPI)


texts: The Apple light on my Macbook is damaged, could this damage the screen?

texts:
My Macbook was hit  by my keys and crack the apple light on the back.

If I don't repair it, could this damage the sceen? The cover of Macbook is so thin that I really worry about this, but repair could be troublesome and expensive so I'd rather not have to fix it.


texts: Trying to remove "FDisk_partition_schem" from USB drive

texts:
I'm trying to reset this USB drive so that I can use the 64.2 GB of space.
I've tried diskutil unmount and it didn't work.


texts: What happens to the iTunes Library on external disk after upgrading to macOS Catalina?

texts:
I keep my iTunes library on an external hard drive as it is quite large.
I was able to select this library or my other library that is stored on my mac by holding the option key while opening iTunes. As in Catalina iTunes is split into multiple apps, I was wondering what will happen to my library. Particularly, as it is stored on a separate hard disk. Will it get automatically split into separate parts or do I have to do something manually? Am I going to be able to have the possibility of having multiple libraries and open them by doing the same trick (holding the option key) as before?


texts: How can I prevent Cisco AnyConnect VPN from opening on startup?

texts:
Cisco AnyConnect VPN opens whenever I log in and its screen covers everything for a few minutes and can't be minimized. It's really annoying and I'd like to know if there's something, maybe in its config.plist, that will prevent it from opening on startup. Does anyone know?

I have to use Cisco AnyConnect for work, so I can't delete it.


texts: App for changing between a work and private mode

texts:
I use my Mac for private and work. Between this two scopes I share a lot of configuration. Because of that I want to use only one account.

Here is my question:

Is a app existing with which I can change between a work and private mode? Here some things that the app should do:

enable and disable my work email account
mount and unmount a list of devices
start a specific collection of software


texts: MacBook Pro 15" 2018 Touch Bar right side buttons / icons not lit (they stay dark, for example Siri and mute volume icons)

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I have a rather strange problem with the Touch Bar of my MacBook Pro 2018. I noticed a while ago that suddenly the rightmost side of the Touch Bar is dark, I can't see the Siri icon for example anymore. The button itself works, so Siri comes on.

Here is a photo of the situation:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4pezj3b0yx3tmvv/touchbar.jpg?dl=0

As you can see even the 'mute volume' icon is kind of half showing up, it seems like the 'lights' (for the lack of a better term) don't come up on the rightmost side of the Touch Bar. Does anybody have any idea what might cause this issue? I have come across some posts where people describe that the Touch Bar doesn't lit up at all but never something like this (where it is only partially lit). Thanks a lot in advance for any help!


texts: App Store Review Guidelines 3.1.1 - Allow users to convert their virtual currency to USD?

texts:
So I know that I can use real money (ex. USD) to buy in app purchases that reward me with virtual currency - let's say "gold."

But is the opposite true? As a developer, can I allow my users to sell their gold back to me for a USD reward?

In particular, the following bullet point:

  Apps may use in-app purchase currencies to enable customers to “tip” digital content providers in the app.

Seems to hint at that kind of transaction, but I don't know if my scenario falls under that description.

For a full scenario, consider the following:

Alice writes a blog post. She wants to put a paywall on it so she gets paid a small amount before anyone can read it. Alice charges 50 gold for anyone to read her blog post.

Bob sees her blog post on his feed. He goes to the in app store to purchase some gold, let's say 100 for $1.99. He then spends 50 gold to unlock the blog post.

Alice receives 50 gold from 30 different people, netting her 1500 gold. She then goes to my website and initiates a withdrawal. Alice makes, let's say, $10 from her 1500 gold and her balance is reset.

Can an app that does this make it past App Store review? Is it totally legal or do I have to follow some other regulations in the U.S. (other than the usual PCI-DSS, etc)?


texts: Can't create new partition (to increase windows partition size): internal error

texts:
I need to add some space to my Windows partition without erasing it. macOS Mojave, 10.14.6.
According to this tutorial I was going to create a partition using Disk Utility, and then erase it and join with windows partition using MiniTool Partition Wizard.
I'm stuck on the 1st step: I can't create a partition. It shows me an "Internal error" without any details. I tried to do it on Mc OS X, Container disk1, and ST3500418AS Media levels, the same result - internal error.

Is there a way to fix it? Or is there another way to increase my windows partition size without erasing it?


texts: Fixing a corrupted OS X Mail structure after an import of mailboxes from the previous system volume

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Due to various and persisting problems, I had to reinstall 10.8.2.

What I did

Shut down iMac with internal system disc A.
Started 10.8.2 recovery system
Copied iMac's system disc A to an external disc B as an image using Disc Util
Erased system disc A as HFS / journaled
Run a clean install on A

Then, I told OS X Mail to import old mailboxes from B into the fresh Mail system.

Ugly result

Unfortunately, I got tons of tons of deeply nested folders, which eventually contain email:

/Import-5
  V2
     POP-something
        Drafts
          0563726277
              Data
                   9
                     7
                       8
                          Mails
                            <this folder finally contains some emails>

Not hardly to see, I can't use these imported folder structure any more.

Question

Is anybody aware of a tool to fix such problems?


texts:
I have a bunch of photos uploaded to Google+ from an Android phone.  I'd like to import them into iPhoto on my Mac, which is where I store my photos.

Is there an easy way to do this?


texts: How to mount a hard drive to AirPort Extreme?

texts: I have the new AirPort Extreme 802.11ac. I plugged in my 2TB Western Digital external hard drive into the AirPort Extreme USB port. I tried to find the mounted hard drive in my networks on Windows and the AirPort app on iPad and nothing comes up.


texts:
Catalina took away my ability to dictate in more than one language.

Is there a way to restore that?


texts: Volume control sometimes stuck on MBP '18

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My 2018 MacBook Pro is sometimes suffering from 'sticky' volume control.

When I am interacting with the volume controls on the Touch Bar for a longer period of time, the volume control gets stuck sometimes. The sound is then automatically, continuously being muted or (with a bit of bad luck) set to full volume. During this time, the adjustment popup remains constantly visible.

Only when I go mach five on the Touch bar and press all the volume buttons in random order (haven't been able to find a pattern), the OS surrenders and I regain control over the volume.

It usually occurs once or twice every week. It also occurred on a clean install, so third-party apps acting strange is out of the question.

Is this a known problem? Is there a permanent solution?


texts: iPad and iPhone can sync with each other on Notes -- how about adding info on the Mac or PC?

texts: Right now the iPad and iPhone can sync with each other for any Notes added or edited, so one note added on the iPad will go to the iPhone automatically, and I think this is done by sync'ing with the Gmail account.  How about when using the Mac, if there is additional info, is there a way to add it to the note on the Mac (or on PC)?


texts: Logging onto Yosemite with FileVault enabled with no username displayed?

texts:
When I log onto my Mac with FileVault enabled, I am prompted for the user/pass prior to the OS loading, as my boot drive is encrypted.

The problem I have is that, counter-intuitively, it always shows my name as the login user!
I just want blank fields that ask for the username and password respectively, not a prompt for my password.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Edit: This is a screenshot of how Users & Groups is configured:


texts: Does TechTool Pro do anything that Disk Utility doesn't?

texts: I have an 2010 iMac running High Sierra. My computer has been very slow lately and does a lot of beachballing. I've run Disk Utility on my internal drive and it returns that volume appears to be ok. I've read that TechTool Pro fixes a lot of disk-related issues. Does TechTool do anything that Disk Utility/First Aid doesn't? Etrecheck indicates I may have a disk drive problem. Will TechTool help me determine what is wrong?


texts: I was looking around for ways to get my iWork documents from iWork into Dropbox; going through a forum post on the dropbox website I came accross SMEStroage do any of you use this? If how does it work?


texts: How do I assure that all files from a shared HFS+ drives are always writable by all users?

texts:
I have a shared drive on a Mac and I keep having problems accessing different directories.

For example, while logged on the server as root I create a new folder aaa on this drive.

Now, I discover that a normal user cannot write to this directory.

Is there a way for me to change the default permissions/ACLs so I prevent this from happening in the future.

I am looking for a one-time solution, not running chmod or chown each time.

Details:

it seems that root is not member of staff group because when I do ls -l I see group _unknown listed for files created by root.
By default the files do get only xr write for the group (drwxr-xr-x), how can I change so the group will have the same rights as the user, by default?
Can this be changes per mounted volume or directory, or changing this would affect the entire system? Risks?


texts: How do I gain permission to generate ssh keys on my Mac?

texts:
I tried to generate ssh keys for GitHub (access through SSH in terminal), but I do not have access to the .ssh directory.
I tried to ls -l ~/.ssh, but I got this error ls: .ssh: Permission denied

I tried to read on the internet tuns of tutorials and tips for fix it, but unfortunately nothing works me.

What am I doing incorrectly and how can I fix it? I am running on Mac os X 10.6


texts: Activate PressAndHold for LibreOffice or OpenOffice

texts:
With most apps on my macos (TextEdit, TextWrangler, Skype, WeChat, Mail, Xcode, Android Studio, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.) when I hold down a letter like E, I get the choice of accents to use from the PressAndHold popup:

Alas, when I switch to a powerful document editor like LibreOffice, I lose this ability to choose accents.

Note: Sierra and High Sierra


texts: How to auto select new screen when moving pointer from one monitor to another?

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I use Chrome browser on extended display, and its DevTools on built-in monitor. Both are using their own spaces in separate monitors.

My problem is when I move pointer from one monitor to other one I cannot click link immediately... I need first one click to select that screen/app and then secondary click is actually following the link.

Really annoying. So I'm looking how I could set up pointer when it moves from one display to another to automatically selects its current space.

If it's not possible from built in options, is it possible to be done through some script ?

Help appreciated.


texts: Not able to upgrade to iOS 12 from iOS12 Beta

texts:
Every 2 seconds I’m getting the notification above

But when I go to the Software updates’ tab it says: Your software is up to date

iOS Version: 12.0 (16A5365b)
Model: iPhone 6Plus (64GB) NGAH2HN/A


texts:
With the new iPhone 7 and iOS 10, I came across a problem that I ran into very rarely with the iPhone 5s/6s.

Recently, I was sitting in the bus, when suddenly the Music app switched from headphones to speakers. It's not a pleasant way of getting attention. (I think I pressed the home button, activating Siri and then pressed it again)

Just two days later, I plugged in my headphones and started to play music and again, it started playing using the speakers until I unplugged the headphones and plugged them back in. (This time, I didn't do anything wrong)

Basically, I can't diagnose this issue, because it is non-deterministic and I don't see a clear pattern for this. However, from a personal perspective, I slowly develop the phobia of people in the train being annoyed because my music is on speakers without me even noticing. This information may not contribute to solving the issue, but I just wanted to point out the personal aspect that comes along with it.

Hardware / software used:

iPhone 7
iOS 10.0.2
Headphones connected using the lightning adapter that came with the phone
The default music app
No jailbreaks or any other modification


texts: How do I determine the speed of a disk drive?

texts: I'm looking for a way to determine the read/write speed of a disk drive, either by looking up some system information or running a simple benchmark test utility.


texts: I just updated to iOS 10 and I want to send an SMS instead of an iMessage to a friend. In iOS 9 I could continuously touch an old message and press send as a text message (or something like that). Now in iOS 10 I don't see anything relevant.


texts: iPhone 4 syncing to old version of iCloud Notes, even after reset and on different Apple IDs!

texts:
This is a weird one. I bricked my current iPhone with a quick spin through the washing machine, so I dug out my old iPhone 4 to use in the interim before I get a replacement.

I deleted all the content and set it up as a new phone, and linked my iCloud account to it. It brought in all my notes, but they're old versions, including some notes that have been deleted.

My iPad, MBP and iMac are all syncing perfectly.

I turned off iCloud notes in settings and back on again, but the same (old) notes came back in again.

I created new notes on all devices:
"Note on iPhone"
"Note on iCloud.com"
"Note on MBP"
"Note on iMac"
"Note on iPad"

All devices but the iPhone synced with each other. The "Note on iPhone" didn't populate to anywhere else.

I am 100% convinced that I am using the correct Apple ID.

I decided to try using my husband's Apple ID, too. The exact same thing happened. The iPhone got old versions of his notes - eg, a particular note is dated Sept '15 on in phone, but May '16 on icloud.com and on his phone.

I checked that the date and time are set correctly.

Any other ideas?


texts: Prevent downloads in Safari and instead open them directly in the browser

texts:
In the web, there is often a link to a file, like a pdf document.
If clicked on it, Safari (on the Mac) downloads the file.
I want to prevent this and instead open the file directly in Safari (as Safari certainly is capable of doing that).
So the behaviour I want to achieve is the same as Safari on the iPhone where files are not downloaded but opened always directly in the browser.

Note: This is not about setting Safari to ask before downloading which can be done in the Settings but instead telling it to open the specific document directly from the internet.


texts:
On my keyboard layout, the M key is right next to the W key:

This can be problematic at times because occasionally I will accidentally press Command-M instead of Command-W, causing the window to be minimized rather than closed.

Since there's no keyboard shortcut to un-minimize a window (well ok, no easy keyboard shortcut), this is even more annoying because then I have to switch to my trackpad to un-minimize the window and then try again to close it.

Is there a way to disable the Command-M shortcut for minimizing a window?


texts: Dongles to connect 2 monitors to a 13" mid-2010 MacBook Pro (mini DisplayPort)?

texts: I won't be using the integrated display. Right now, one external monitor is connected through a mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor. How should I connect a second?


texts: iPhoto opens automatically by creating files on Desktop

texts:
My problem:

iPhoto opens automatically, when I:

Copy and paste any kind of file to my Desktop
Save any file type to my Desktop
Create a screenshot (which is automatically saved to Desktop)

iPhoto doesn't open when I:

Move any file type to my Desktop
Copy and paste a file anywhere in documents (not Desktop)

According to this I think the problem is with creating a file on the Desktop.

When the problem first appeared:

I tried to create a shortcurt to an application and looked through several blogs. I ended up in creating a test-service, which launches iPhoto.
I wanted to map that service to a shortcut, but it  didn't work out...

What I've tried so far:

I've deleted the service I've created.
I went to System Preferences > Keyboard and "Restored all Defaults" in each category for all the shortcuts.
I've unchecked every Service in the System Preferences.
I went through the Preferences of iPhoto.
I searched Google for like 3 days.

Does anyone has any clue how I can fix this behavior?

Edit:

Sorry the confusion: the behaviour hadn't anything to do with the service I've created. It was a Folder Action assigned to my Desktop.


texts: How to get Gmail Categories in macOS Mail app?

texts:
I'm using the default Gmail inbox, where emails are magically filed under the proper tab: Primary, Social, Update and Forum.

In Mail on OS X Yosemite (10.10) however, all end up in the Inbox.

I can see my custom labels (I use several) under "Google" in the left panel. Under Mailboxes, I have of course the standard Inbox, Drafts, Outbox... But the Gmail tabs appear nowhere, not even as folders.

I could maybe create rules on Gmail that would match the tabs, e.g. if this is a "Social" email, then add a label "Social", but this seems clumsy.

Is there an easy/elegant way to enable it?

EDIT

You can follow the instructions from this page (too long to reproduce them here). It boils down to creating server filters for each category (=tab), in order to archive the email from your inbox and apply a label on it. Then, it will show nicely in OSX Mail. Some caveats though:

The search function in Mail does not work on all folders at once
You lose the small tab counter, telling you for instance you have 3 new emails in Social. The counter resets itself as soon as you hit the tab in Gmail. Not in OSX Mail


texts: I want to sync my previously never synced iPhone to a Mac. Is there a risk of data loss?

texts:
I want to sync my previously never synced iPhone (filled with 2 years of pics & music) to my mother's Mac. Is there any risk of data loss?
It has never been linked to a computer. I have many pictures & videos of my baby & don't want to lose them!


texts: I want to know what to do after forgetting a passphrase. I've deleted and revoked all keys and made a new one but I was hoping that the passphrase would reset for me. to make a newer one. Do I need to uninstall the application to reset passphrase? If I'm wrong please do correct me and help me figure this out.


texts: Process assistantd keep writing login keychain

texts:
This is a Sierra box, the system memory was suddenly out of usage. I have checked the system to find out that the keychain process was busy and used nearly all the memory.
I had to reboot the system, then i opened keychain to see the login items list is flashing, one unknown item in login keychain was keeping being deleted and inserted.
Want to know why, I opened activity monitor, then got to know assistantd was busy doing that. I killed the process, the keychain came to be in peace.
I think the process is used by Siri, as assistantd process came out again after I clicked the siri icon.

Even I do not use siri, I want to know why this could happen, and what is the real solution.


texts: Is it possible for someone to initiate a screen sharing session while my Mac is asleep?

texts:
Today when I got home and awoke my MacBook Air (running OS X 10.11.6) from sleep by lifting up the lid to login into it, I noticed the little Screen Sharing icon in the top-right corner (to the left of the battery percentage). I took this screenshot the moment I noticed it, but as soon as I actually logged in the icon disappeared.

I am worried because I have always had Screen Sharing disabled in System Preferences and it has never been enabled, even if I try to start a Screen Sharing session from another computer to mine (I tested it through Messages on another mac) it is outright rejected. I also could not find any logs to indicate that there was a Screen Sharing session active or attempted. Is there any way to check if my system has been accessed, and if so by whom?


texts: In Lion can I get the four fingere swipe to do COMMAND+Tab?

texts:
I recently switched to Lion from Snow Leopard (Yah I know, I am late), it is great, the only one thing that I miss is the four fingere swipe that did COMMAND+TAB

Is there anyway I can enable that?


texts: How to boot Macbook Pro when in closed clamshell mode without the windows getting resized

texts:
I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro that I use an external 1440p monitor/keyboard/mouse with.

Another question shows it's not possible to boot it without opening the lid. When I do this, all of my windows resize/move to fit the 900p internal display, messing up my work environment every time I bring my computer from sleep.

Is there anyway around this?


texts: If my family has multiple iPhones that use the same Apple ID, is there any way to not share Apps?

texts:
My sons use my Apple ID on their iPhones, but I do not want the silly apps that they download.  Is there any way to prevent installing their downloads onto my iPhone?

Also, not all of my apps go onto their iPhones. There are expensive apps that I have that have not gone onto their iPhones.  Is there a reason for this?

Thanks for your help.


texts: Apple Computers barely visible screen pixel grid noise

texts:
Few years ago I noticed that some of my friends Apple devices such as Macbooks, iMacs, Macminis have barely visible pixel grid over image. Mostly visible on gray-ish colors looks like very fine noise over image. But I never had it on my devices.
This year i got new 2020 M1 MacMini with same issue. Device runs absolutely fine, but while photo editing that grid annoys me big time because it's affect real-end result.
I tried different monitors and even TV same thing. Device connected over UPS so grid noise excluded. Out of curiosity disabled Wi-Fi and BT, no change.
Is anyone else had this issue before? May be some of the settings affect it?
Running Big-Sur 11.1
Here is picture with issue presented:

UPDATE: Today i got HDMI 2.0 Screen and image looks perfect, picture below:


texts:
Initially my Fusion drive (1TB data disk + 240 GB SSD) consisted of a single partition where it was installed El Capitan, then I split the fusion drive into two partitions, the second partition I installed again El capitan ...
All was well ...
For a problem to the system keychain I wanted to move all the data in the second partition, I reset the first partition using disk utility that I returned an error not completing the process ...
Now the second partition running 100% where startup El Capitan and the first partition does not exist, no longer visible!
I tried to correct the error with disk utility but when I run SOS to repair the fusion drive, nothing happens ... will not start any operation by disk utilities ..
terminal with diskutil cs list:

Luca:~ geminimac$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 9B6BD63D-4451-4324-AB99-0855D82312C1
    =========================================================
    Name:         Fusion Drive
    Status:       Online
    Size:         628372754432 B (628.4 GB)
    Free Space:   621867577344 B (621.9 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume F3B0E961-E842-4ED3-AF12-452551D913FA
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     388659318784 B (388.7 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 10C75CA7-7AE0-42EF-B6A5-4077F457A629
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Index:    1
        Disk:     disk1s2
        Status:   Online
        Size:     239713435648 B (239.7 GB)

I also have a FreeSpace of 621.9 GB which is the first partition lost.
Also Logical Volume and Logical Volume family no longer exist in the scheme ...
Is there a way to repair the disk from the terminal without losing any data?


texts: Deleting photos from my iPhone - and keeping them in iCloud

texts:
I had the Apple Helpdesk helping me to delete all the photos I had on my iPhone.
I had to go to Settings and switch off the iCloud Photo Library and my Photo Stream.
Well, I thought that would work but it only deleted 1/2 of the photos. I still have 17,111 photos on it.
The question now is: how do I get the rest off? I tried to delete some, but then I get the notification that the photos will be deleted from all my devices.

What to do?


texts: Mac Pro (mid 2010) grinds to a halt when display is rotated to portrait

texts: I have a Mac Pro Mid 2010 with two ATI Radion 5770's driving 6 Dell U2412M's. Problem is, when even just one of these displays is rotated to portrait, the entire system grinds to a halt. CPU usage spikes to about 85%, I have 12gb of RAM installed and when this happens, about 512mb is free. And graphics performance is all but completely dead. At first I thought this may be because I am driving six monitors at once. But this is illogical be cause for one, it only just started occurring since I upgraded to 10.8(which as a power user, I absolutely hate). And two because this also happens with just one monitor hooked up. Any ideas?


texts: Stop making iPhone constantly change sound volume on its own?

texts:
I regularly get interrupted in watching and listening to video by the volume randomly getting lowered without me asking for it. I get a system notification telling me "the volume was lowered", telling me it's protecting my hearing based on the last 7 days of use. I've never been asked about enabling such a feature.
I have already disabled what relevant items I can find under Sound & Haptics, which is given as the source of the notification. It apparently doesn't matter though because it's not being respected.
How can I make this stop?
iPhone 8, iOS 14.2


texts: Merging old backups with new one fails on Time Capsule

texts:
Backstory

I have my MacBook Pro (running macOS Sierra 10.12.3) connected to an external hard drive and a Time Capsule for Time Machine backups. I recently had to wipe the MacBook Pro and reinstall macOS, apparently because of some SSD-related problems, and I loaded my data back onto it from the external hard drive's backup.

After loading all of the data back onto the MacBook Pro, Time Machine backups were a bit messed up. My now-wiped/restored MacBook Pro was being recognized as a different machine than before it was wiped, so backups weren't merged with my history (it tried to back up my whole Mac from scratch instead of just the few gigabytes of new files). To remedy this, I merged the old backups with my new computer (had my new computer inherit the old backups), as described in this answer with:

sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/AdataHDD/Backups.backupdb/Owlswipe’s\ MacBook\ Pro

This remedied the issue on the hard drive and it proceeded to backup just the 11 GB of new data and associated the new backup with the old ones on the external hard drive, keeping all my history dating back to November.

I did the same inheriting backups thing with the Time Capsule (after mounting its backups of my MacBook Pro onto my laptop) with:

sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Backups.backupdb/Owlswipe's\ MacBook\ Pro

However, unlike on the hard drive, this did not solve the problem and did not merge the old backups with the new.

Problem

After inheriting the old backups onto my MacBook Pro, Time Machine begins to backup my Mac onto the Time Capsule and later, when I return to my Mac, shows this popup:

Unfortunately, there's not enough room on the Time Capsule to do another complete backup of my computer without deleting my old backup history (which I need to retain) and so if I click "Start New Backup" the backup fails (runs out of space) or if I click "Back Up Later" my MacBook Pro doesn't backup at all.

How can I circumvent this odd protection to "improve reliability" and just backup my MacBook Pro to the Time Capsule, merging the backup with my new computer and only backing up the same 11 GB of new files that I had to back up to my external hard drive?

tl;dr: How can I perform a Time Machine backup of my post-reinstall Mac to the Time Capsule without making a completely new backup, just like how I did with my wired external hard drive?


texts:
Is there a way to switch the profile of an already-opened Terminal window? Let's say I already have a Terminal window opened with Basic profile. Can I switch it to Grass profile?

I seem to only be able to change profiles if I open a new Terminal window.


texts: Apple Hardware Disk Utility Unallocated Space on my Hard Drive

texts:
While trying to get Boot Camp set up on my MacBook Pro 15 inch Retina 2015 it asked me to partition my hard drive. Doing so I partitioned my 1 TB hard drive so that it dedicated 750 gb to mac and 250 gb to Boot Camp. However the Boot Camp set up was not successful and now my Mac's hard drive is only 750 GB big. With Boot Camp uninstalled it is still 750 GB. The 250 GB can not be added again on my Mac. Every time I try and add a partition to the "unallocated space" it does not work. I can't get my hard drive back to the full 1 tb. It looks something like this.

.

Someone please help me restore my Mac to its 1 TB hard drive. It would be very much appreciated.


texts: What's alt+spacebar character and how to disable it?

texts:
I am writing code in various text editors with Finnish keyboard layout. Sometimes I press alt+spacebar accidentally when writing symbols. E.g.

  if(foobar || foobar2) {

... there is a high change I type pipe+pipe+magical alt-spacebar character.

The thing is, this alt+spacebar character is invisible like space, but behaves differently. Mainly it breaks code syntax in various occasions. However, because the character is invisible it is hard to track down.

What is this alt+spacebar character?

Is it possible to disable it so that when you press alt+spacebar it would type in a normal space?


texts: iOS podcast app without fixed episode limits?

texts: I like to listen to the archives of the BBC podcast "In our time", which contains more than 750 episodes. But I can't see the all the older episodes with Apple's app, which has a 300 episode limit. Is there any iOS app that doesn't have an episode limit and so will let me see the entire episode list and download any episode from the archive?


texts: Is it possible to add the noatime mount option to /System/Volumes/Data?

texts: I run a server farm of Mac minis. For performance and SSD-longevity reasons, I have (≤ Mojave) partitioned the SSD in APFS and mounted the new partition with the noatime option, and confine builds to that partition. Now that Catalina and beyond have the /System/Volumes/Data partition as part of the OS, I am wondering if there is a way to enable the noatime option for that partition without digging into /etc/fstab, i.e. in an Apple-sanctioned way.


texts:
I'm trying to use esptool.py to flash ESP32. Since I use Arduino IDE I assume it is installed and work correctly. But since I need to work using command line I encounter problems regarding python2.7 which send an end of life messages, and python3.8, both installed on my mac.
I followed esptool github pages, for example:
guydvir@Guy-MacBookPro ~ % pip install esptool
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. More details about Python 2 support in pip, can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: esptool in ./Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (3.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyserial>=3.0 in ./Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (from esptool) (3.4)
Requirement already satisfied: ecdsa>=0.16.0 in ./Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (from esptool) (0.16.1)
Requirement already satisfied: cryptography>=2.1.4 in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from esptool) (2.6.1)
Requirement already satisfied: reedsolo<=1.5.4,>=1.5.3 in ./Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (from esptool) (1.5.4)
Requirement already satisfied: bitstring>=3.1.6 in ./Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (from esptool) (3.1.7)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.9.0 in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from ecdsa>=0.16.0->esptool) (1.12.0)
Requirement already satisfied: asn1crypto>=0.21.0 in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from cryptography>=2.1.4->esptool) (0.24.0)
Requirement already satisfied: cffi!=1.11.3,>=1.8 in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from cryptography>=2.1.4->esptool) (1.14.3)
Requirement already satisfied: enum34 in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from cryptography>=2.1.4->esptool) (1.1.6)
Requirement already satisfied: ipaddress in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from cryptography>=2.1.4->esptool) (1.0.22)
Requirement already satisfied: pycparser in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from cffi!=1.11.3,>=1.8->cryptography>=2.1.4->esptool) (2.19)
guydvir@Guy-MacBookPro ~ %

I mostly get this warning regarding v2.7.
By the way, when using a venv problem was solved, but I rather know what is wrong.
Guy


texts: Text to speech service gone and key binding for it not functioning in Yosemite?

texts:
Up until Yosemite I have always had a text to speech service menu option and have been able to readily use a command key combination to trigger the reading of selected text in just about any application.

Under System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Services, looking under the Text subsection, there is nothing there to enable for text-to-speech.  Further, System Preferences -> Dictation & Speech -> Text to Speech has "Speak selected text when the key is pressed" enabled and a key combination set and this key command simply doesn't work (and yes, even when I change this to another set of keys).

Neither of these have functioned properly for me since my initial usage of Yosemite this past summer and I am curious as to whether others have found a solution.

Does anyone:

Know how one can make TTS appear in the service menu again and
Have you figured out a way to make the key combination work
reliably in applications?


texts: After Sierra install, message appears saying install failed, Hold down D for Diagnostics

texts:
My friend just tried installing Sierra on a blank internal hard drive in an iMac 21" 2010 (model iMac 11,2), using a bootable installer on an external USB drive.

Seemed to install successfully, then rebooted, with a message saying the install had failed and advising: Shut down, turn on power, hold down D for Diagnostics.

Holding down D does not actually activate any diagnostics.

Any idea what might be going wrong, or what to try next?

When trying to run in Safe Mode, this screen appears.


texts: How to rename volumes from Terminal without name limitations?

texts:
When a FAT volume is mounted I can click on it and rename it freely.

However via terminal it is very restrictive.

% /usr/sbin/diskutil rename "Nice Name" "Nicer Name"
Nicer Name does not appear to be a valid volume name for its file system

Is there an other way, or a list of limitations?


texts: Why does the desktop Hard drive icon keep moving?

texts: Every time I log in to one specific account on my mac the hard drive icon, usually in the top right, has moved to the top left and is partly off of the screen. Even when I drag it back to the right it has moved on the next start up. Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: Macbook Pro unable to boot and other strange internal drive behaviour

texts:
I don't know how/why this happened, but my Macbook Pro 13" (Retina, Mid 2014) running macOS Mojave will no longer boot from the internal drive.

When I boot into internet recovery, sometimes the internal drive shows up in Disk Utility / diskutil, and sometimes it does not. Sometimes it will appear for a short while, and then disappear. It's very strange. Below are some pictures I took of the output of various diskutil commands that I hope will help to diagnose the issue. Thank you.

diskutil list

diskutil info disk0 and diskutil info disk0s1

Note that disk0s1 could not be found on this occasion but the next image shows the output on another occasion when it could be found.

diskutil info disk0s1

diskutil verifyVolume disk0 and diskutil verifyVolume disk0s1

gpt -rvv show disk0

Update 1 (Added EFI Partition)

Following @klanomath's comment, I have now added the missing EFI partition (see following image). However, it still does not boot.

Update 2 (dd hexdump output)

Following @klanomath's latest comment, below is the dd output. Note the internal drive is disk2 now, since the thumb drive is disk0 and the APFS container within it is disk1.

Macbook:~ root# dd if=/dev/disk2s2 bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -Cv
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes transferred in 0.000714 secs (717023 bytes/sec)
00000000  7f 5d e8 45 c2 f8 80 dc  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.].E............|
00000010  cd 1f 29 00 00 00 00 00  01 00 00 80 00 00 00 00  |..).............|
00000020  4e 58 53 42 00 10 00 00  66 44 a6 03 00 00 00 00  |NXSB....fD......|
00000030  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000040  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  5b 1e 03 74 e9 bf 40 f1  |........[..t..@.|
00000050  96 8b 04 a4 b6 98 14 05  74 0b 31 00 00 00 00 00  |........t.1.....|
00000060  ce 1f 29 00 00 00 00 00  18 01 00 00 20 6c 00 00  |..)......... l..|
00000070  8c c0 01 00 00 00 00 00  58 3e 01 00 00 00 00 00  |........X>......|
00000080  34 00 00 00 1d 20 00 00  32 00 00 00 02 00 00 00  |4.... ..2.......|
00000090  0b 20 00 00 12 00 00 00  2e 04 00 00 00 00 00 00  |. ..............|
000000a0  49 a6 09 00 00 00 00 00  01 04 00 00 00 00 00 00  |I...............|
000000b0  00 00 00 00 64 00 00 00  3a 79 13 00 00 00 00 00  |....d...:y......|
000000c0  23 04 00 00 00 00 00 00  25 04 00 00 00 00 00 00  |#.......%.......|
000000d0  ec a0 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000000e0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000000f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000100  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000110  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000120  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000130  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000140  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000150  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000160  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000170  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000180  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000190  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001a0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001b0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001d0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001e0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000200


texts: My Google searches didn't turn up very many results on the subject. If it is open source, can someone link to the documentation?


texts: Migration over wifi requires specific network configuration?

texts: I bought a new Macbook running Lion, trying to migrate from an old Macbook running Snow Leopard. At my temporary housing, the two machines were able to find each other over migration assistant, but since the network is so unreliable (it took 30 minutes just to connect each machine), I can't use it for migration. At work, we have an excellent wifi, but the two machines can't find each other in the migration assistant (despite being able to ping each other). Any guesses as to why?


texts: Do you need an iPhone to build iPhone apps?

texts:
I have an iPhone but am thinking of getting a OnePlus 5T and selling my iPhone.

I also have a Mac and I've started to develop React Native apps too.

Is the iOS simulator enough to test and publish apps to the iOS App Store, or should I keep my iPhone?


texts:
I have Mail Version 6.0 (1485), Mountain Lion 10.8, build 12A269.

When composing messages in Mail the keystrokes are delayed. This makes typing awkward. I have not had this happen under Lion and it does not appear to be happening under any other application.

How can I fix keystroke delay while typing in Mail on Mountain Lion?


texts: OS X 10.11.6 can not update iTunes 12.5.1, app store problem

texts:
As shown in picture, app store tell me to update iTunes 12.5.1, but in updates installed list, you can see I have already installed iTunes 12.5.1. But actually, my iTunes version is still 12.4.3 Now, I click the update button of iTunes, then after download completed, nothing will install, and return this page to wait update. My mac os x system is 10.11.6

How can I fix it? Thanks


texts: Are my two early 2015 Mac Air's different from each other?

texts: Both the Mac Air's are early 2015 models. One has High Sierra installed and the other has Catalina. I see Hyper Threading is missing in the High Sierra version and the text Dual Core is missing even though it has two cores. Are these two different processors? Which one is inferior?


texts: Would "erase all content and settings" disassociate my phone with the carrier?

texts: I accidently set my husbands new iPhone 6 up under my back up. Now, when I receive texts he receives them too. Its making it appear that I have two phones. We share an iCloud account. Can I do a complete "erase all content and settings" to fix his phone? It won't deactivate his phone with Sprint?


texts: How captive.apple.com is used by non-Apple devices?

texts:
Every time, I try to use my hotel's WiFi network, at some point of loging-in to it, I see that my browser (or WiFi connection pop-up) is redirecting through serie of websites, among which I can clearly see http://captive.apple.com/.

The thing is that I have absolutely nothing in common with any Apple-like device, because:

I'm using either PC and Windows 7 (with Chrome) or Android device (with WiFi pop-up),
I'm pretty sure that neither my hotel network's router nor any of its components isn't build up based on Apple device, simply due to costs (non-Apple-based solutions are cheaper, I think).

This answer and this question roughly explains (to a non-Apple user, like me), what this site or service is used for. But, the question remains: What it has to do with non-Apple devices or how such devices can be using it (how or why non-Apple device can be using Apple-like service)?


texts: Encrypted APFS drive will not mount, RepairVolume reports disk OK

texts:
I had to encrypt an external backup volume while traveling. Unfortunately, now the drive will not mount. It shows up in diskutil and RepairVolume shows the volume being OK. Despite the passphrase being stored in my Keychain, however, I am still prompted for it and providing the passphrase does not cause the disk to mount, nor does the 'mount' button in disk utitlities. Repair Volume shows the volume being OK but does not officially 'finish' (progress bar continues scrolling.)

 dxxx ~ $ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         371.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                128.4 GB   disk0s3
   4:           Windows Recovery                         505.4 MB   disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +371.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            341.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 47.6 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.3 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *5.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk4         4.9 TB     disk2s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data POISK                   127.8 GB   disk2s3

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *63.9 GB    disk3
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 BUDrive                 63.9 GB    disk3s1

/dev/disk4 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +4.9 TB     disk4
                                 Physical Store disk2s2
   1:                APFS Volume Kosmos                  4.4 TB     disk4s1

Tue Oct 29 10:55 AM
dxxx ~ $ diskutil RepairVolume disk4
Started file system repair on disk4
Repairing storage system
Performing fsck_apfs -y -x /dev/disk2s2
Checking the container superblock
Checking the EFI jumpstart record
Checking the space manager
Checking the space manager free queue trees
Checking the object map
Checking volume
Checking the APFS volume superblock
The volume Kosmos was formatted by hfs_convert (945.275.7) and last modified by apfs_kext (945.275.7)
Checking the object map
Checking the snapshot metadata tree
Checking the snapshot metadata
Checking the extent ref tree
Checking the fsroot tree
Verifying allocated space
The volume /dev/disk2s2 appears to be OK
[\   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \]

I realize the very likely outcome is 'reformat disk' but there are a few files which travel logistics meant are not backed up, so if anyone has solved issues with encrypted apfs disks and has suggestions, I thought it worth asking first. Thanks so much!


texts: Looking for OpenSource Cleaning / cache deleting application for Mac

texts:
In the times of small SSD harddisks, I was looking for an open source software to delete caches and other space wasters like logs, unused application remains and such on Mac OSX, and all over the web people are telling me there's plenty of OSS projects doing exactly that. Sadly, I couldn't even find one of them.

I want to play around with an open source software that does this kind of things. I'd like to know the most complete and if possible documented open source project for hard disk cleaning, if any exists at all.

(Please don't tell me if it's useful to delete caches, that's not the question)


texts:
I have created a rsync script which has been working fine until I made recent modifications adding exclude-from clause to it.

When running the script it returns the following error:

  rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at
  /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/exclude.c(1005) [client=2.6.9]

The bash script is as follows:

echo "Starting sync..."
rsync -vrtL --delete --exclude-from 'sync-music.exclude.txt' ~/Music/ 'remote:/Music/'

The sync-music.exclude.txt file consists of this...

*.ipa
.DS_store
Cache/*

EDIT:
I have noticed that it works when I am in the CD'd into the folder where the bash and exclude files reside. It must be something to do with the the paths.
I have tried adding the path in front of sync-music.exclude.txt but that has not fixed the issue.


texts:
How can I configure Mac Terminal to have color ls output?
I am using MacOS 10.5


texts: SSD always mounts as read-only on Mac OS Mojave

texts:
Every SSD is mounted as read-only on my 15" Macbook pro (with touchbar). For this reason, time machine doesn't backup anymore. IIRC, this all started happening after upgrading from 10.14.x to 10.14.x+1 - I don't remember exactly which version but it was several months back. The same issues used to happen on upgrading to catalina. That's why I had gotten a new laptop with mojave last year.
In the past, I have tried to repair the drive, filesystem and try the mount command on the commandline to get it to mount in rw mode. It would be great if the drive mounted rw the first time.
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         500.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Preboot                 47.2 MB    disk1s2
   2:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.8 MB   disk1s3
   3:                APFS Volume VM                      5.4 GB     disk1s4
   4:                APFS Volume MacOSMojave500GB        480.6 GB   disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SANDISK1TB              999.9 GB   disk2s2

On doing
$ sudo mount -v -u -w /dev/disk2s2 /Volumes/SANDISK1TB

the disk is mounted in rw mode. However, only root can write to it.
Thanks for your time.


texts: Applescript: path to files in application's Resources

texts:
I'm new to applescript and coding.

I'm trying to make a little Applescript application that plays an audiofile contained in the .app, using:

do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of ("/Users/billy/Desktop/test.app/Contents/Resources/Stuff/audio.m4a")

The problem is; how can I make the app work on an another mac, without having to change the /username/ manually?


texts: How to restore my iPhone when iTunes keeps returning an error 2001?

texts:
My iPhone 5 won't boot anymore and when I plug it in my MacBook, it goes to recovery mode (cable logo => iTunes logo).

So I tried to restore it using iTunes but I keep getting this error

Any idea how to fix it?

While it was plugged in I tried holding power + home, it reboots the device and goes back to recovery mode and then any restore attempt results in a 2001 error as well. When it's not plugged in nothing will make it boot.


texts: How to backup my Macbook documents on an external drive, always adding?

texts:
My MacBook drive size is 120GB. Every few months I empty the photo library, I delete my GarageBand recordings and empty the iTunes resources—all these after I copy them on an external hard drive. So, nothing is lost.

But this ends in duplicated documents on my external hard drive. For instance, I always copy the whole photo library, but on my MacBook I do not delete the Favorites album.

What I want to do is: to have one file on my external hard drive for each of the following libraries:

iMovie library
Photos library
iTunes library
iBooks (?) — Not really sure where they are stored, but would be nice to back up these as well

Then, when I want to free up the space on my MacBook, I want to merge the MacBook libraries (iMovie, Photos, iTunes and iBooks) into my external hard drive libraries, but without deleting anything from my hard drive and keeping the metadata (such as edited photos and so on). For instance, if I deleted a photo from my MacBook which appears in the HDD library, I don't want it to be deleted there as well.

What is the right way to do this?


texts: macbook with mac OS 10.5.- not booting past apple logo

texts:
For the past few days, my old macbook told me that it wa not charging, although the plug was plugged in. Unplugging it would just stop the computer from working, so the battery would really not charge. Last night, I accidentally pulled the wire out of the computer, and it stopped working. When I started it again, the indicator light at the front of the computer flashed a couple of times (I think 6), before starting seamingly normal, but it got stuck at the apple logo with the spinning disc, indicating something is loading, below it. I've waited for half an hour, seeing if something would happen, and I've tried turning it on and off. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to resolve this issue?

When reading the output of verbose mode, I notice that the call to function cat_delete() fails, and deleting a certain process on volume Macintosh HD is failing. After tat, some runtime corruptions on the same HD are deteced.


texts: Apple Watch Series 2 is reporting way too much exercise

texts:
Twice in the last week my Apple Watch (Latest WatchOS 4) has reported massive amounts of exercise, when in fact I hadn't done any those days.  Like many hundreds of minutes of contiguous, non-stop workout.

I've rebooted both the watch and phone, and recalibrated my fitness data in the Watch app on the phone.  I've also deleted the two offending days' worth of data from the Health app, but the Activity app still shows the achievements for those "record" days.  So two questions:

Why is this happening/How can I prevent this from happening?
How can I remove the achievements so that I have a chance to actually earn them again in the future?


texts: Reinstalling Windows 10 on mid2011 iMac with Bootcamp

texts:
apologies if this is inappropriate. I've posted this twice on r/applehelp on reddit and got no help, so I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me out. Copy-pasted from there:

Background: back in 2015 I successfully installed Windows 10 on my iMac (iMac 21.5-inch mid-2011, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5) via Bootcamp, using a Windows 10 license (burned onto a CD) I got as a gift. I'm pretty sure I didn't use a bootable flash drive, but as of now that would be necessary as I've replaced the optical drive with a SSD. I had some minor and common issues at first (such as having no audio), but eventually those were resolved and the partition worked perfectly. I no longer have this partition and am interested in installing the OS again, but I don't remember how I did it back then.

Issue 1: Boot Camp Assistant claims 'Windows 10 is not supported on this Mac'. Support software is already installed onto a flash drive. How would I go about installing Windows 10 if it's unsupported, and how did I manage to do it in the first place all those years ago? Did something change between then and now? I have tried some tricks that supposedly allow you to install the OS on an unsupported machine but those ultimately failed.

Issue 2: A little while ago I tried using Parallels and it ran rather well, except that I couldn't use my Windows license key because it didn't register my computer as being the same one where I previously installed Windows. If I manage to install the OS again, would it accept my license key again?

Any help is appreciated.

UPDATE 4: I managed to revert my shameful and convoluted partitioning mistake by wiping out disk0 and reinstalling macOS + restoring a backup. Once everything was back the way it was, I used Boot Camp Assistant to create a partition for Windows (BOOTCAMP). A new problem arose, however, when the computer rebooted and all I got was a black screen with 'No bootable device found'.

Upon pressing Option while restarting, I understand that there should be a legacy Windows option and an EFI Boot option. Because my iMac no longer has an optical drive and I am using a bootable USB, only the EFI option appears. I now believe this is the source of most problems I have come across. Something about the disk becoming a hybrid MBR-GPT and Windows (EFI Boot) not recognising it as GPT? I will look more into this and update.


texts: How do you access the content of the iPhoto bundle from Time Machine?

texts:
I would like to access the files of the iPhoto library bundle to retrieve just some of the files to help solving this question about corrupted iPhoto db files properly.

In time machine mode there is no way to show the content of the bundle.

All I can get is a time machine view of the iPhoto application.


texts:
Is there a way to uninstall font on iOS?

I played with fonts on my iPhone and installed some with help of apps. But now I need to remove them for developing purposes.


texts: Is it possible to rename an USB or Bluetooth audio device?

texts:
I am using a Bluetooth headset. To charge it, I need USB, and when connecting that, it appears two times as audio device - obviously once as Bluetooth device, once as USB device. Both audio devices show up with the exact same name. This is no huge problem, but everything sometimes gets confusing and weird. If I'm in video conferences and busy with other stuff, I don't want to spend even seconds to fool around with that.
Is there a way to permanently rename such a device? I assume both a Bluetooth and an USB device has a unique ID which is the actual way for the laptop and the device to communicate; I guess the name is just a human-friendly label. At least the Bluetooth device is surely a persistent thing inside the Mac, since it knows that it has coupled with the device before.
If that is not pssible, is there a way to permanently block a specific USB device from ever showing up as audio device at all?


texts:
I've relied upon my MagSafe connection to keep my laptop safe for almost a decade. I got a new MacBook Air and felt funny putting in the USB power cord, but didn't realize just why I felt funny until I tried to remove it by lifting it up instead of pulling it out.

OMG the MagSafe is gone!

I will have to work on trying to remember this every waking moment of every day; routing cords more carefully and keeping an eye on them so they don't get pulled by others or myself, etc.

Is there any published advice on safe behavioral changes that MagSafe addicts like myself can learn? Are there any special aftermarket connectors, magnetic or otherwise, that I can put in the power connection that will disconnect safely when pulled? If so, are there any special features or problems I should look for before choosing one?


texts: Detect Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) client at server?

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Our company's security policy requires passwords to be 12 characters. Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) clients have a limit of 8 characters (I'm not sure why, but I think its due to historical reasons).

We want to block Apple Remote Desktop clients because they can't comply with the policy. Here, block means drop the network connection before the client attempts to provide credentials.

Is there a way to reliably detect Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) clients?


texts: Force an app to run one of its menu options from a shell script?

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Is there any way to force the App to run one of its menu options if there is no command line interface available?

Perhaps an Automation sort of thing?

EXAMPLE

I would like to run NewsFire's "File > Export Feeds" command to backup the feed list (OPML file). I tried running NewsFire through Terminal with "--help" but no luck.

Here is the backup script I currently use, in case anybody find it useful. It can be used to save and restore the state of NewsFire accross multiple machines (to restore you just cd ~ , and then unzip backup.zip).

#! /bin/bash
#
# Backup NewsFire preferences, feeds and cache (everything)
#

D_DESTFILE=~/Backups/Config/NewsFire.zip

# Don't update archive, create new one
if [ -e "$D_DESTFILE" ]; then
  rm $D_DESTFILE
fi

cd ~
zip -r $D_DESTFILE Library/Application\ Support/NewsFire Library/Caches/org.xlife.NewsFire Library/Preferences/org.xlife.NewsFire.plist


texts: How can I enable AFP access logging on macOS server?

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I tried to turn on AFP access logging on macOS Server 5.6.1, but don't see any entries when accessing the volume from clients running macOS 10.13.5

My AFP settings list as serveradmin settings afp

afp:maxGuests = -1
afp:afpTCPPort = 548
afp:clientSleepTime = 24
afp:replyCacheQuantum = 32
afp:maxConnections = -1
afp:sendGreetingOnce = no
afp:reconnectTTLInMin = 1440
afp:clientSleepOnOff = yes
afp:loginGreeting = ""
afp:errorLogPath = "/Library/Logs/AppleFileService/AppleFileServiceError.log"
afp:errorLogTime = 0
afp:activityLogTime = 7
afp:errorLogSize = 1000
afp:kerberosPrincipal = "afpserver/LKDC:SHA1.XXX@LKDC:SHA1.XXX"
afp:recon1SrvrKeyTTLHrs = 168
afp:idleDisconnectOnOff = no
afp:reconnectFlag = "no_admin_kills"
afp:activityLog = yes
afp:reconnectKeyLocation = "/private/etc/AFP.conf"
afp:loginGreetingTime = 1315436086
afp:adminGetsSp = yes
afp:fullServerMode = yes
afp:idleDisconnectMsg = ""
afp:updateHomeDirQuota = yes
afp:serverStoppedTime = 1530836567
afp:activityLogPath = "/Library/Logs/AppleFileService/AppleFileServiceAccess.log"
afp:authenticationMode = "standard_and_kerberos"
afp:admin31GetsSp = no
afp:shutdownThreshold = 3
afp:TCPQuantum = 1048576
afp:allowSendMessage = yes
afp:idleDisconnectTime = 10
afp:loggingAttributes:logOpenFork = yes
afp:loggingAttributes:logDelete = yes
afp:loggingAttributes:logCreateDir = yes
afp:loggingAttributes:logLogin = yes
afp:loggingAttributes:logLogout = yes
afp:loggingAttributes:logCreateFile = yes
afp:tickleTime = 30
afp:specialAdminPrivs = no
afp:noNetworkUsers = no
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:adminUsers = yes
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:registeredUsers = yes
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:usersWithOpenFiles = yes
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:guestUsers = yes
afp:recon1TokenTTLMins = 10080
afp:guestAccess = yes
afp:allowRootLogin = no
afp:activityLogSize = 1000
afp:afpServerEncoding = 0
afp:createHomeDir = yes

Looking at the specific text logs above in an editor and looking in console app, I can’t find any sort of obvious AFP service logging.

What needs to get changed to log the date and time when an AFP share is accessed through this server?


texts: Stopping a macports installed mysql daemon

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I'm trying to reset my root password on a macports installed MySQL on OS X. But none of the ways to do this that I can find works, for various reasons. One reason common to all is that I can't stop the mysql deamon.

As I understand it, I should be able to stop it with

sudo launchctl stop org.macports.mysql5

Which makes absolutely no difference. No error message, nothing. Is launchd really this sucky, or do I misuse it? Reasonably it should give me an error when it fails, but nope, nothing.

Trying to kill the processes with kill -9 just makes them restart again, so that doesn't work either.

I also tried

sudo launchctl unload org.macports.mysql5

But that gives me this error:

launchctl: Couldn't stat("org.macports.mysql5"): No such file or directory

(And I must confess I don't understand what "Unload configuration files and/or directories" means, which is what the Unload command apparently does according to the little docs I can find).

So, what now?


texts: Does there exist a theme plug-in or add-on that can make the Thunderbird on macOS looks mostly dark or black?


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I just got back from a ride where other people had odometers on their bike. They read 26 km. My iPhone's HealthKit said 7.8 km of walking and running.

Is HealthKit just not useful for biking, or is there some way to get it to recognize biking?